Students` impressions of the value of games for the learning of mathematics
Bragg, Leicha 2006, Students` impressions of the value of games for the learning of mathematics, in Proceedings of the 30th conference of the international group for the psychology of mathematics education, International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Cape Town, South Africa, pp. 217-224.
International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Conference
Start page
217
End page
224
Publisher
International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Place of publication
Cape Town, South Africa
Summary
The use of mathematical games in primary classrooms is commonplace in Australia. This paper reports on key findings from a larger investigation exploring the impact of games on mathematical learning, student attitudes, and behaviours. 222 Grade 5 and 6 children were taught multiplication and division of decimal numbers using calculator games. This paper raises questions about the students’ attitudes towards games as a vehicle for learning mathematics. One aspect reported in this paper is an apparent difference between students’ attitudes to games usage when data were collected quantitatively compared with qualitatively.
Notes
Vol. 2 Research reports : Abr-Dri
ISSN
0771-100X
Language
eng
Field of Research
130208 Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy
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