Game Design as an Interactive Learning Environment for Fostering Students' and Teachers' Mathematical Inquiry.

Kafai, Y. B.; Franke, M. L.; Shih, J. C.; Ching, C. C.

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ERIC Number: EJ586662

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Publication Date: 1998

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Game Design as an Interactive Learning Environment for Fostering Students' and Teachers' Mathematical Inquiry.

Kafai, Y. B.; Franke, M. L.; Shih, J. C.; Ching, C. C.

International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, v3 n2 p149-84 1998

Proposes and analyzes game design as a learning environment for students and teachers to build upon and challenge their existing understandings of mathematics,to engage in relevant and meaningful learning contexts, and to develop connections among mathematical ideas and real-world contexts. Contains 55 references. (Author/ASK)

Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Games, Educational Technology, Fractions, Mathematics Instruction, Number Concepts, Relevance (Education), Secondary Education, Thinking Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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