Effects of Game-Enhanced Supplemental Fraction Curriculum on Student Engagement, Fraction Knowledge, and STEM Interest

Hunt, Jessica H.; Taub, Michelle; Marino, Matthew T.; Duarte, Alejandra; Bentley, Brianna; Holman, Karen; Kuhlman, A. F.

doi:10.3390/educsci13070646

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“…One of them is edutainment learning technology pined by R. Heyman in the 1970s that still has much to offer. Edutainment is defined in different ways depending on whether it is considered as a process (what we do), environment (where we do) or a product (what we make) (Chilingaryan, Zvereva, 2020;Yukhmina, Obvintseva, 2023;Hunt et al, 2023). Hence edutainment is usually described as having a number of different dimensions.…”

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Pushing Horizons of the English Language Classroom: Edutainment as a Tool to Boost Innovative Potential of Engineering Students

2023

European Journal of Contemporary Education

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As the world faces unprecedented diverse change, the future viability of any company depends essentially on whether and to what extent its employees can build the innovation of tomorrow as well as tackle problems in the workplace. To transform ideas into value-creating and beneficial reality, would-be engineering specialists are to have access to the educational opportunities that enhance their innovative potential. English proficiency for specialists in the field of Engineering and Technology today is not only social, but also an economic necessity for successful innovation. The ESP approach is believed both to increase the relevance of what the students are learning and to enable them to use English they know to learn even more English, since their interest in their field will motivate them. As fluency in ESP is considered to be equally important as major related abilities therefore teaching methods and approaches are to be adjusted to educational goals, current resources and emerging trends that should be timely noticed. The research focuses on describing the model of teaching an ESP course based on the edutainment technology which ensures advance in English as well as innovative potential development.The study comprises a theoretical basis, a methodology including instructional design and measurement methods evaluating effectiveness of the entire model. Students are trained by being involved into solving a variety of tasks many of which require conceptualization, up-to-date technologies and strategic insights such as role-plays and simulation of managing potential workplace issues. The results indicate that the edutainment model of teaching ESP course allows for alterations in engineering students' personality characteristics, thereby enabling their innovative potential development. The findings of the study would provide foreign language teachers with a tool of qualifying students in two directions: their innovative potential is strengthened through acquiring soft skills; English proficiency is improved.

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Pushing Horizons of the English Language Classroom: Edutainment as a Tool to Boost Innovative Potential of Engineering Students

2023

European Journal of Contemporary Education

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Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions and Enactment of Supplemental, Game-Enhanced Fraction Intervention

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Curricula enhanced through the use of digital games can benefit students in their interest and learning of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) concepts. Elementary teachers’ likelihood to embrace and use game-enhanced instructional approaches with integrity in mathematics has not been extensively studied. In this study, a sequential mixed methods design was employed to investigate the feasibility of a game-enhanced supplemental fraction curriculum in elementary classrooms, including how teachers implemented the curriculum, their perspectives and experiences as they used it, and their students’ resulting fraction learning and STEM interest. Teachers implemented the supplemental curriculum with varying adherence but had common experiences throughout their implementation. Teachers expressed experiences related to (1) time, (2) curriculum being too different, and (3) too difficult for students. Their strategies to handle those phenomena varied. Teachers that demonstrated higher adherence to the game-enhanced supplemental fraction curriculum had students that displayed higher STEM interest and fraction learning. While this study helps to better understand elementary teachers’ experiences with game-enhanced mathematics curricula, implications for further research and program development are also discussed.

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Beliefs in Online Professional Learning in Early Mathematics Teaching and Their Effects on Course Engagement

Hunt,

Bentley,

Duarte

2024

International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments

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This study focused on the effects of an early math online professional learning course offered to preschool teachers. The course was designed to inform participants' knowledge of developmental progressions and promote daily mathematics instruction that encouraged students to view their world through a mathematical lens. A survey of preschool teachers' beliefs was administered to participants of the course to determine if participants' beliefs changed significantly and how their pre-course beliefs influenced their engagement in the course. Findings indicate that the course impacted preschool teachers regardless of their area of responsibility, education level, or experience level. The teachers' comfort with teaching math to young children and perspectives about age appropriateness of mathematics were both positively influenced by the course. The teachers with the most positive initial beliefs had a higher rate of course completion. Implications for the field of preschool teacher education and online professional learning environments are discussed.

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Effects of Game-Enhanced Supplemental Fraction Curriculum on Student Engagement, Fraction Knowledge, and STEM Interest

Cited by 3 publications

References 61 publications

Pushing Horizons of the English Language Classroom: Edutainment as a Tool to Boost Innovative Potential of Engineering Students

Pushing Horizons of the English Language Classroom: Edutainment as a Tool to Boost Innovative Potential of Engineering Students

Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions and Enactment of Supplemental, Game-Enhanced Fraction Intervention

Beliefs in Online Professional Learning in Early Mathematics Teaching and Their Effects on Course Engagement

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