Math Island: Designing a management game of primary mathematics for facilitating student learning

Charles Y.C. Yeh, Hercy N.H. Cheng, Zhi Hong Chen, Tak Wai Chan

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Abstract

In Taiwan, primary mathematical education currently adopts teacher-centered learning. Teachers are the main source of course and students must to be engaged in the same activity in the same place at the same time. In this study, we designed a digital game-based learning system which called "Math Island" to help students' mathematics learning by themselves. In the system, we produced 488 mathematics interactive materials, videos and games into a management game and combing "knowledge map" help students to understand the relationships of mathematic concepts. In the system, students can learn mathematics by their own pace by a variety kinds of learning tasks to learn different types of mathematical materials. Moreover, we also collection all user data toward the system and examine how the Math Island system influences on students learning performance and progress. The preliminary results showed that the Math Island may help students make a good progress. In the future, we will In-depth analysis in the further research and implement a diagnosed mechanism to help students learning.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWorkshop Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2014
EditorsThepchai Supnithi, Siu Cheung Kong, Ying-Tien Wu, Tomoko Kojiri, Chen-Chung Liu, Hiroaki Ogata, Akihiro Kashihara
PublisherAsia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education
Pages555-562
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9784990801427
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event22nd International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2014 - Nara, Japan
Duration: Nov 30 2014Dec 4 2014

Publication series

NameWorkshop Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2014

Conference

Conference22nd International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2014
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityNara
Period11/30/1412/4/14

Keywords

  • Knowledge map
  • Knowledge structure
  • Mathematics learning

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Education

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