Mathematics experiences with digital games: Gender, geographic location and preferences
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Lowrie, Tom
Jorgensen, Robyn
Logan, Tracy
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2012
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Numerous digital games contain mathematics ideas and representations. This study investigated the game playing preference of 410 Australian students who classified the types of mathematics content and ideas present in digital games they played in out-of-school contexts. The results of the study revealed significant gender differences in the type of games primary-aged students played. Females tended to prefer playing games that required logic and problem solving while males preferred games that contained maps. Results also revealed an interaction effect between gender and geographic location. In each case, gender differences ...
View more >Numerous digital games contain mathematics ideas and representations. This study investigated the game playing preference of 410 Australian students who classified the types of mathematics content and ideas present in digital games they played in out-of-school contexts. The results of the study revealed significant gender differences in the type of games primary-aged students played. Females tended to prefer playing games that required logic and problem solving while males preferred games that contained maps. Results also revealed an interaction effect between gender and geographic location. In each case, gender differences were more pronounced in non-metropolitan locations than metropolitan locations.
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View more >Numerous digital games contain mathematics ideas and representations. This study investigated the game playing preference of 410 Australian students who classified the types of mathematics content and ideas present in digital games they played in out-of-school contexts. The results of the study revealed significant gender differences in the type of games primary-aged students played. Females tended to prefer playing games that required logic and problem solving while males preferred games that contained maps. Results also revealed an interaction effect between gender and geographic location. In each case, gender differences were more pronounced in non-metropolitan locations than metropolitan locations.
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36th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME36): "Opportunities to Learn in Mathematics Education"
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Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy