In the game Sequence, the player arranges a list of items in the correct order. For example, the player might be asked to arrange the stages of a process, the steps in a procedure, or the elements of a hierarchy.
The mental processing required to arrange these items correctly helps the learner to:
Think critically about the relationships between chunks of information
Move information from short-term memory to long-term memory
Deepen understanding of content that occurs in a given order
Instructional Value
Sequence is useful for realizing the following learning objectives:
Learning Objectives
Example
To increase information retention by arranging
information according to some factor.
Arrange these customer complaints in order
of frequency…
To increase conceptual understanding and
retention by arranging examples along a
specific dimension.
Arrange these questions according to the
level of open-endedness…
Increase understanding and retention of
procedures and processes by arranging
stages or steps in a chronological order.
Arrange these troubleshooting
recommendations steps in the correct order...
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Overview
To increase information retention by arranging 
