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AMathGameforChildrenonTouchScreenDevices
EdLabProposal
Whyistouchscreengoodforgamesoflearning?• Overview• IntuiEve,hands‐on,innovaEve– AngryBirds– 18montholdpaKernrecogniEon
• Casual,social– MpadwithiPhonecontrollers
– DigitalarcadegamewithMicrosoLSurface
iPhone/iPadmathgamereview
• Types– Simpledrills
– MorecomplexmentalacEviEes
ArithmeTick iMathsBrain
KidsMath
MathTour
MathNinja
MindFire
NameTheNumber
Summary
• Shortcomings– GameplayacEviEesirrelevanttolearning– Nottakingadvantageofthetouchscreen– NocogniEvesupport
• ThegameIwanttopropose– Gameplayisrelevanttomathlearning– Scaffoldsstrategydevelopment– Brain‐fingercoordinaEonontouchscreen– Flexibleplay,adapEvelearninggoals– Assessment– AKracEveforchildren
Mathconcept:Regrouping
• Old(procedural)wayofteachingaddiEonandsubtracEon– Carrying– Borrowing
• New(conceptual)way:numberregrouping
GamecustomizaEon
• OperaEon– CounEng– AddiEon– SubtracEon
• Numberranges
• Speed(maxEmetoanswerasinglequesEon)
Gamedesign:AddiEon
Gamedesign:CounEng/SubtracEon
Otherfeatures
• SimplebutcuteinterfacetoaKractchildren• OpEonalintelligentagenttoscaffoldstrategydevelopment
• Adddollarbillstoplaylargernumbers• Designedfortheschoolse\ngs
– Teachercancreateaclassandinvolvestudents– Teachercancustomizegamesforstudents– Studentsplaystatsarekeptonlinesothatteachercanmonitortheirprogress
• Socialplay– Twostudentscompeteonthesameordifferentdevice– HallofFame/TopTenScores
Feedback
• Pla^orm:iPhone/iPadVSPC– iPhone/iPad
• BesttechnologynaEvesupport• Mobiletrend
• Easytodistribute– PC
• Availability• Ourowncontrol
• Resources,teammates