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Direct linkErin Ottmar; Ji-Eun Lee; Kirk Vanacore; Siddhartha Pradhan; Lauren Decker-Woodrow; Craig A. Mason – Grantee Submission, 2023
This paper provides information on datasets for the research project that examined the efficacy of three educational technologies including "From Here to There!", a research-based game for improving algebraic understanding. The dataset contains 4,092 7th-grade students' data collected through a randomized control trial conducted in…
Descriptors: Data, Mathematics Achievement, Algebra, Educational Technology
Jenny Yun-Chen Chan; Avery H. Closser; Vy Ngo; Hannah Smith; Allison S. Liu; Erin Ottmar – Grantee Submission, 2023
Background: Prior work has shown that middle school students struggle with algebra and that game-based educational technologies, such as DragonBox and From Here to There!, are effective at improving students' algebraic performance. However, it remains unclear which aspects of algebraic knowledge shift as a result of playing these games and what…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Educational Technology, Mathematics Education, Algebra
Ji-Eun Lee; Aravind Stalin; Vy Ngo; Katie Drzewiecki; Cindy Trac; Erin Ottmar – Grantee Submission, 2022
New educational technologies that utilize students' interaction data and visualizations provide a means to expand our understanding of learning processes. In this study, we apply two advanced and novel data visualization techniques, called the "Indivisualizer" and a "Sankey diagram," to explore how middle school students (N =…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Students, Problem Solving, Game Based Learning
Ji-Eun Lee; Aravind Stalin; Vy Ngo; Katie Drzewiecki; Cindy Trac; Erin Ottmar – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2022
New educational technologies that utilize students' interaction data and visualizations provide a means to expand our understanding of learning processes. In this study, we apply two advanced and novel data visualization techniques, called the "Indivisualizer" and a "Sankey diagram," to explore how middle school students (N =…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Students, Problem Solving, Game Based Learning
Jenny Yun-Chen Chan; Chloe Byrne; Janette Jerusal; Allison S. Liu; Justin Roberts; Erin Ottmar – Grantee Submission, 2023
Prior research has shown that game-based learning tools, such as DragonBox 12+, support algebraic understanding and that students' in-game progress positively predicts their later performance. Using data from 253 seventh-graders (12-13 years old) who played DragonBox as a part of technology intervention, we examined (a) the relations between…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Educational Games, Problem Solving, Mathematics Achievement
Jenny Yun-Chen Chan; Chloe Byrne; Janette Jerusal; Allison S. Liu; Justin Roberts; Erin Ottmar – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2023
Prior research has shown that game-based learning tools, such as DragonBox 12+, support algebraic understanding and that students' in-game progress positively predicts their later performance. Using data from 253 seventh-graders (12-13 years old) who played DragonBox as a part of technology intervention, we examined (a) the relations between…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Educational Games, Problem Solving, Mathematics Achievement
Jenny Yun-Chen Chan; Avery H. Closser; Vy Ngo; Hannah Smith; Allison S. Liu; Erin Ottmar – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2023
Background: Prior work has shown that middle school students struggle with algebra and that game-based educational technologies, such as DragonBox and From Here to There!, are effective at improving students' algebraic performance. However, it remains unclear which aspects of algebraic knowledge shift as a result of playing these games and what…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Game Based Learning, Middle School Students, Algebra
Ji-Eun Lee; Aravind Stalin; Vy Ngo; Katharine Drzewiecki; Cindy Trac; Erin Ottmar – Grantee Submission, 2021
We apply an advanced data visualization technique, "Sankey diagram," to explore how middle-school students (N = 343) solved problems in a game-based algebraic notation tool. The results indicate that there is a large variation in the types of students' strategies to solve the problems, with some approaches being more efficient than…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Students, Problem Solving, Game Based Learning
Kirk Vanacore; Adam Sales; Alison Liu; Erin Ottmar – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2023
Background: Persisting after experiencing difficulty allows students to work in the upper ends of their zones of proximal development, where most learning occurs (Ventura et al., 2013; Vygotsky & Cole, 1978). Digital educational games promote productive persistence by allowing students to repeat the same or similar problems until they reach…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Game Based Learning, Failure, Algebra
