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It's no mistake well known game designers like Jane MacGonigal mention DragonBox games as an example of a great learning game, with some articles seeing DragonBox mentioned alongside Minecraft and Portal. Video games have the power to transform the way we learn, and we're not talking incremental improvement here, but learning 10 to 20 faster, with a much higher success rate than with traditional methods. Such is the potential of a well-designed learning game!
By playing the 100+ puzzles in DragonBox Elements, kids (and adults, too) will gain a deep understanding of the logic of geometry. Through entertaining exploration and discovery, players use shapes and their properties to actually recreate the mathematical proofs that define geometry! Whimsical characters and captivating puzzles make Elements a great game in its own right, and motivate players to keep learning. Since the geometry and the mathematical proofs in the game remain hidden, players learn and gain confidence even if mathematics is a subject they don't usually feel comfortable with.
