Effects of mathematics computer games on special education students' multiplicative reasoning ability

Bakker, Marjoke; Heuvel–Panhuizen, Marja van den; Robitzsch, Alexander

doi:10.1111/bjet.12249

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“…It is very important to emphasize that this study was conducted to students in early childhood, a field of increasing research interest with, however, a limited research body. Existing studies in this field have highlighted the potential of working with children in the design of new technologies (Allsop, ; Bakker et al ., ; Khaled & Vasalou, ; Lameras et al ., ; Yip et al ., ) and have highlighted several challenges. The present study offers more empirical data that supports the argument that facilitating game design sessions with children in early childhood has a positive impact on their game design and problem posing skills and highlights the potential of conducting additional research towards this direction.…”

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“…When it comes to game design and its connection to mathematics education, research interest can be categorized in three axis: The first one is related to the impact of playing games on students' cognitive skills (Bakker, van den Heuvel-Panhuizen, & Robitzsch, 2016;Kebritchi, Hirumi, & Bai, 2010), the second one is related to the impact of designing games on students' mathematical thinking (Kafai, 2006;Ke, 2014), while the third one is related to the development and application of skills and competences related to game design as a craft of its own (Moser et al, 2014). Designing games with early childhood students has proved a challenging task.…”

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Connecting game design with problem posing skills in early childhood

Kalmpourtzis¹

2018

Brit J Educational Tech

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This paper presents a teaching experiment with preschoolers, considering games as means for presenting problem‐based situations and focusing on the development of game design in connection to problem posing skills. The study was conducted in a focus group of eighteen 5–6‐year‐old students who participated in game design sessions, compared to a control group of students of the same age, who did not participate in any game design interventions. An experimental design research methodology was applied, where their skills, both in game design and in problem posing, were examined by a pretest and posttest. The findings suggest that the development of game design skills with the support of appropriate organized teaching interventions can also have a positive impact on the development of problem posing skills.

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Connecting game design with problem posing skills in early childhood

Kalmpourtzis¹

2018

Brit J Educational Tech

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“…Serious games proved to be an especially great tool when it comes to general problem-solving skills [17], language learning [18][19][20], history and physical education [20] as well as science education [18,21,22]. Games have also been researched in special needs education students and research showed that using serious games in education enhances students' cognitive outcomes as well as social behavior [23][24][25].…”

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Use of Cloud Gaming in Education

Sužnjević¹,

Homen²

2020

Game Design and Intelligent Interaction

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The use of digital games in education has been the subject of research for many years and their usefulness has been confirmed by many studies and research projects. Standardized tests, such as PISA test, show that respondents achieved better reading, math and physics results if they used the computer more for gaming-related activities. It has been proven that the application of video games in education increases student motivation, improves several types of key skillssocial and intellectual skills, reflexes and concentration. Nevertheless, there are several challenges associated with the application of video games in schools and they can be categorized as technical (network and end device limitations), competency (teachers' knowledge in the area), qualitative (lack of educational games of high quality), and financial (high cost of purchasing games and equipment). The novel architecture for delivery of gaming content commonly referred to as "cloud gaming" has the potential to solve most of the present challenges of using games in education. A well-designed cloud gaming platform would enable seamless and simple usage for both students and teachers. While solving most of the present problems, cloud gaming introduces a set of new research challenges which will be discussed in this section.

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“…A number of visual materials are used in the concept teaching. The use of different materials in the education of students with mental disorders makes the education be more easier as well as contribute to the permanence of information (Hwang, Su, Huang & Dong, 2009;Bakker, Heuvel-Panhuizen, & Robitzsch, 2016).…”

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Evaluation of the Android Software for Special Needs Children

Soykan

Özdamlı

2017

EURASIA J MATH SCI T

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It is clearly understood that technology oriented education on special training is neither sound nor adequate when considered from the literary point of view in our country. Limited studies held in country not only support this point of view but also demonstrate the lack of resource and studies carried out in this area. During the designing and developing process one of the qualitative methods called the design base research but then completing the design and development process, a common academic way of evaluation the single subject research method have been implemented in order to test the forcibleness of the work in the respect of special training and education. The study carried out through nine special training tutors and ten mentally disabled students. The following as a pilot study, the efficiency process has been accomplished through three teachers and three students. The feedback forms used to get the remarks of the teachers and through the use of the content analysis method the data resolved, during the phase of evaluation of the software. In respect of the analyses carried out, the practice has been considered as rather effective and applicable and useful by the teachers attended this pilot case study. The process confirming the results of the case study carried out by the teachers, according to the afore stated study, the results have been successful and the targeted notions have also been learned, which made the students feel that all these practices worked! It could easily be said that the software developed is both useful and applicable, moreover, the trainings committed conveniently have rather been effective.

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Effects of mathematics computer games on special education students' multiplicative reasoning ability

Cited by 39 publications

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Connecting game design with problem posing skills in early childhood

Connecting game design with problem posing skills in early childhood

Use of Cloud Gaming in Education

Evaluation of the Android Software for Special Needs Children

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