Gamemath! Embedding secondary mathematics into a game making curriculum

Erin Shaw, Zachary Boehm, Hussain Badruddin Penwala, Jihie Kim

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Abstract

This paper reports on our experiences designing GameMath!, a mathematics learning track for a new game making curriculum called Pedagogical Games. The curriculum is the result of an National Science Foundation grant to explore novel ways to teach standards-based content and 21st century skill to underperforming high school students in Los Angeles. The project's goals are to address retention, career education and secondary mathematics learning. Game-making is being used to engage students and to provide a grounding context for the mathematics. The effort has exposed the challenge of teaching math across the curriculum and led to the development of new strategies to embed mathematics in authentic contexts. The curriculum is being developed and implemented for the first time during the 2011-12 school year. Fifty ninth-grade underrepresented minority students from east LA are participating.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication119th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition
PublisherAmerican Society for Engineering Education
ISBN (Print)9780878232413
StatePublished - 2012
Event119th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition - San Antonio, TX, United States
Duration: 10 Jun 201213 Jun 2012

Publication series

NameASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
ISSN (Electronic)2153-5965

Conference

Conference119th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Antonio, TX
Period10/06/1213/06/12

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