Incorporating a Digital Game into the Formal Instruction of Algebra

Autor/inn/en	Kapon, Shulamit; Halloun, Angela; Tabach, Michal
Titel	Incorporating a Digital Game into the Formal Instruction of Algebra
Quelle	In: Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 50 (2019) 5, S.555-591 (37 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-8251
Schlagwörter	Algebra; Mathematics Instruction; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Teaching Methods; Grade 7; Computer Games; Problem Solving; Equations (Mathematics); Foreign Countries; Instructional Effectiveness; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Computer game; Computerspiel; Computerspiele; Problemlösen; Equations; Mathematics; Gleichungslehre; Ausland; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	We compared students' learning gains in authentic seventh-grade classrooms (N = 144) in 4 different interventions that incorporated a computer game that aims to teach players to solve linear equations. Significantly higher learning gains were measured in the implementations that were specifically designed to mediate the attribution of algebraic meaning to objects, actions, and rules in the game by engaging students in analogical mapping between these constructs and their algebraic counterparts and an exploration of the boundaries of this isomorphism. These findings suggest that learning disciplinary content and skills from a digital game requires learners to attribute disciplinary meaning to objects, actions, and rules in the game. Moreover, this process does not necessarily occur spontaneously and benefits from instructional mediation. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01