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Lee, Ji-Eun; Hornburg, Caroline Byrd; Chan, Jenny Yun-Chen; Ottmar, Erin – Grantee Submission, 2021
We investigated the effects of proximal grouping of numbers, problem-solving goals to make 100, and prior knowledge on students' solution strategies in an online mathematics game. Logistic regression on 857 problem-level data points from 227 middle-school students showed that students were more likely to use productive solution strategies on…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Middle School Students, Computer Games
Chan, Jenny Yun-Chen; Lee, Ji-Eun; Mason, Craig A.; Sawrey, Katharine; Ottmar, Erin – Grantee Submission, 2021
Understanding equivalence is fundamental to STEM disciplines, yet misunderstandings and misconceptions inhibit students from fully appreciating or leveraging the concept. Using the game-based algebraic notation system, From Here to There! (FH2T), students explore ideas of equivalence by dynamically transforming expressions or equations among…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Mathematics Instruction, Prior Learning, Teaching Methods