siliconindia | | October 201919VIEW POINTThere are at least two kinds of games,' philosopher James P. Carse shares in his book. "One could be called finite; the oth-er infinite'. Finite games have clear rules known by all players and a winner will end it. Because it must have a winner, there is a huge focus on enforcing the rules to maintain the `fairness' to all players. Cards, sports, or Xbox are all finite games. Someone must win and the rest of players must lose. An infinite game's objective on the other hand, is to never end. Rules, boundaries and even players may change along the way to keep the game alive. In Carse's definition, `finite players play within boundaries; infinite players play with boundaries'. In finite games, players compete against each other. In Infinite games, players contribute to keep the game alive with a clear purpose in place. There are no losers, everyone is a winner as the game continuesFinite Or Infinite Game? Which One Do We Want To Play? Standardized tests evaluate the students' capacity to re-member ­ or for the sake of the argument, memorize ­ what they have, in theory, learned throughout the year. It creates a dynamic of competition because its nature is to compare one student's testing performance to another with the same set of rules, and give them A to F labels: winners and losers. We have met many frustrated teach-ers because their students' assessments do not reflect or evaluate the effort students put in. Standardized tests cre-By Erika Twani, CEO, Learning One to OneFor more than 25 years, Erika has been mentoring teams, partners, large, medium and small customers of all industries.THE GAMIFICATION OF LEARNING ASSESSMENTS: HOW THE 21ST CENTURY ASSESSMENT LOOKErika Twani
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