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How Design Features Promote Children’s Awareness of Affordances in Digital Math Games

Full Paper ID: 53651
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    Patricia Moyer-Packenham
    Utah State University
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    M. Jill Ashby
    Utah State University
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    Kristy Litster
    Utah State University
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    Allison Roxburgh
    Utah State University
  5. Joseph S. Kozlowski
    Utah State University

Abstract: This study examined children’s learning when they played 12 digital math games to understand how design features promoted children’s awareness of the affordances in the games, and how this contributed to their learning. Elementary-aged children (N=193) played three digital math games during 60-minute interviews. We collected quantitative (pre-post tests) and qualitative (videos) data to answer the research questions. Results showed learning gains for most games. The video data reveals how children’s interactions with digital math games impacted their learning, how design features in the games promoted children’s awareness of the affordances, and how this related to learning outcomes. Key themes for the most salient design features were: providing information, manipulable math objects, and focused constraint.

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