{"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":"2022-06-15T11:57:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T16:57:55","slug":"untitled-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pvfa.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@pvfa.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":[59,90],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.12 (Yoast SEO v20.12) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Video games help students master calculus - Texas A&amp;M University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/04\/untitled-6\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Video games help students master calculus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/04\/untitled-6\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Texas A&amp;M University College of Performance, Visualization &amp; 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