Sugar-Coating

	Sugar-Coating
Contributors	Yishay Mor
Last modification	May 16, 2017
Source	Mor (2008)
Pattern formats	OPR Alexandrian
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This is an anti-pattern. Mathematical (or any other subject) matter is injected into a game in a disconnected way, so that the game is the sugar-coating used to help the learner swallow the bitter content.

As a result the game loses its appeal, and the learner receives the message that the educational content is inherently un-enjoyable.

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↑ Patlet published in Mor, Y. (2008). Guess my X and other Techno-pedagogical Patterns: Toward a Language of Patterns for Teaching and Learning Mathematics. In Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (EuroPLoP 2008). New York:ACM.

[Mor-1] Patlet published in Mor, Y. (2008). Guess my X and other Techno-pedagogical Patterns: Toward a Language of Patterns for Teaching and Learning Mathematics. In Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (EuroPLoP 2008). New York:ACM.

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