TY - JOUR
T1 - An Intervention Including an Online Game to Improve Grade 6 Students’ Performance in Early Algebra
AU - Kolovou, A.
AU - van den Heuvel-Panhuizen, M.H.A.M
AU - Köller, O.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This study investigated whether an intervention including an online game contributed to 236 Grade 6 students' performance in early algebra, that is, solving problems with covarying quantities. An exploratory quasi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest-control-group design. Students in the experimental group were asked to solve at home a number of problems by playing an online game. Although boys outperformed girls in early algebra performance on the pretest as well as on the posttest, boys and girls profited equally from the intervention. Implications of these results for educational practice are discussed.
AB - This study investigated whether an intervention including an online game contributed to 236 Grade 6 students' performance in early algebra, that is, solving problems with covarying quantities. An exploratory quasi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest-control-group design. Students in the experimental group were asked to solve at home a number of problems by playing an online game. Although boys outperformed girls in early algebra performance on the pretest as well as on the posttest, boys and girls profited equally from the intervention. Implications of these results for educational practice are discussed.
U2 - 10.5951/jresematheduc.44.3.0510
DO - 10.5951/jresematheduc.44.3.0510
M3 - Article
SN - 0021-8251
VL - 44
SP - 510
EP - 549
JO - Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
JF - Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
IS - 3
ER -