What Counts Is How the Game Is Scored: One Way to Increase Achievement in Learning Mathematics.

Allen, Layman E.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ196563

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Publication Date: 1978-Dec

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What Counts Is How the Game Is Scored: One Way to Increase Achievement in Learning Mathematics.

Allen, Layman E.; And Others

Simulation and Games, v9 n4 p371-89 Dec 1978

Studies the extent to which the effectiveness of instructional gaming in learning specific mathematical ideas can be increased by incorporating devices that channel learners' attention upon those ideas. In particular, the effect of channeling attention by changing the method of scoring is explored. (Author/CMV)

Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Educational Games, Educational Research, Game Theory, Instructional Improvement, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Instruction, Scoring, Simulation

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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