51. The method of claim 48 where item d. is: d. providing one or more character possessions with limited performance attributes and a degraded appearance if errors are made in the target education skill practice; whereby the learner receives indirect feedback on errors in target education skill practice from character possession appearance.
48. A method of providing indirect feedback on education skill practice errors to a learner playing an educational game: a. providing the learner one or more characters used in the game with a starting character game level; b. selecting a set of target education skills; c. requiring a first type of game activity including target education skill practice to obtain a character possession; d. providing one or more character possessions with limited performance attributes if errors are made in the target education skill practice; e. allowing participation in second type game activities without target education skills using possessions with limited performance attributes; f. determining a game performance level on second type game activities; g. requiring further participation in one or more first type game activity to obtain possessions that improve game performance level; and h. providing possessions with improved performance when less errors are made in the practice wherein the learner game performance provides indirect feedback on errors in target education skill practice motivating the learner to reduce errors.