\n \nPeter Elbow<\/a> introduced concepts of methodological doubt and belief in his book Embracing Contraries: Explorations in Learning and Teaching<\/a> \nIn my first paper I remark that all games require its participants to engage in the believing game—they have to believe that the rules imposed by the game are real and that the game itself is real. There are no consequences in any game if you don’t except them. You can always pick up the ball with your hands in soccer, unless you firmly believe that you can’t. For this reason, we might frame any situation as a game.\n<\/p>\n \nIn the second paper, I extend my ideas to show that framing a situation as a game can greatly improve your power to predict behavior and arrive at winning strategies by simply considering the acceptable moves in your game. To illustrate my point, I work through a problem of the type sometimes given in consulting or computer science job interviews. The example shows, additionally, how mathematical reasoning (which I believe is no different than plain, old, vanilla reasoning) can be used to solve a problem without once using “math.”\n<\/p>\n \nAs always, please comment freely. I’d love to get some feedback on this stuff.\n<\/p>\n Technorati Tags: vygotsky<\/a>, play<\/a>, imagination<\/a>, games<\/a>, rules<\/a>, prediction<\/a>, decision-making<\/a>, higher-order knowledge<\/a>, belief<\/a>, doubt<\/a>, mathematical reasoning<\/a>, education<\/a>, learning<\/a>, solution finding<\/a>, transfer<\/a>, cognition<\/a>, thinking<\/a>, critical thinking<\/a>, creativity<\/a>, soccer<\/a>, peter elbow<\/a>, epistemology<\/a>, coffee mug model<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today I’ve decided to post a journal together with a longer paper about games. You hear all the time that we need to inject more play into education, that we need to return to childhood, etc. But why? You don’t … Continue reading ![\"Journal](\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/jreyes\/files\/2006\/11\/pdf.gif\")
Journal 4: Methodological Doubt, Belief, and the Structure of Play<\/a>
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\n Reflection Paper 2: Decision-making as Game: A Mode of Prediction and Solution <\/a>\n<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=rabbithole0d-20&l=ur2&o=1\")