Gamification in classroom: How the game overshadows the lesson

In a brightly lit classroom in Ghaziabad, the usual morning silence of a Class 8 Math period has been replaced by a flurry of digital excitement. On a screen at the front of the room, a leaderboard flickers. Students aren’t just solving for variables; they are competing for “All-Star” status.

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