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Re:Student rating app penalizes fifth-graders who need bathr... by jMyles on Saturday September 28, 2019 @05:18PM (#21102935)
The benefit is the same as any gamefication framework. In other words, it's only as good (and often not even as good) as the game you create with it.

Gamefication in the classroom is potentially a good thing in some cases. Certainly a bad thing in others, like this one.

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Re:Student rating app penalizes fifth-graders who need bathr... by deogeo on Saturday September 28, 2019 @05:27PM (#21102987)
Gamification of human interaction worries me, even in the student-teacher context. It feels like it cheapens it immensely.
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