{"id":6693,"date":"2021-08-04T16:43:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T21:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arch.tamu.edu.staging2.juiceboxint.com\/news\/2021\/08\/04\/untitled-6\/"},"modified":"2022-06-23T13:42:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T18:42:15","slug":"untitled-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arch.tamu.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/04\/untitled-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Video games help students master calculus"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Almost 10,000 students in more than 30 schools have gotten help with introductory calculus, one of the toughest classes for university undergraduates, by playing \u201cVariant: Limits,\u201d a videogame developed in part by students in the LIVE Lab in the Department of Visualization.<\/p>\n<p>The game, which helps students master key calculus concepts, is a revolutionary learning experience with rigorous educational value and commercial videogame-style gameplay.<\/p>\n<p>There are three more groundbreaking video games created in part in the LIVE Lab that teach art history.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Nira \u2014 rnira@arch.tamu.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost 10,000 students have gotten help with introductory calculus by playing \u201cVariant: Limits,\u201d a video game developed in part by students in the LIVE Lab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":6694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[59,86,90],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.12 (Yoast SEO v20.12) - 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