The Importance of Quality of Design Features in Digital Math Games

• In Event: Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning SIG: Learning With Technology

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine how the quality of the design features in digital math game related to children’s learning outcomes. We conducted a parallel conversion mixed methods study of 45 students in Grades 3 and 4 (ages 9 to 10). Students participated in clinical interviews using three digital math games. We defined quality with respect to game features and the mathematics content learning goals (MCLG). The findings suggest the importance of high-quality features in digital math games and how this can be intertwined with children’s awareness of the games’ features and the MCLG. When these variables intertwined in just the right way, the interactions between the children and the digital math game afforded mathematical learning growth.

Authors

• Emma P. Bullock, Sam Houston State University

• Allison L Roxburgh, Utah State University

• Patricia S. Moyer-Packenham, Utah State University

• Elif Bektas, Sam Houston State University

• Joseph Webster, Texas A&M University - College Station