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NumberShire Level 1 Gaming Intervention: Supporting first-grade students with or at risk for mathematics difficulties in developing proficiency with whole-number concepts and skills

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Intervention Details

Subject

Math

Academic Program

General Education

Duration

8 weeks

Grade

1

Personnel

Instructional Aide, General Education Teacher

Intervention Summary

NumberShire Level 1 (NS1) is a game-based, Tier 2 mathematics intervention designed to support first-grade students with or at risk for mathematics difficulties (MD) in developing proficiency with whole-number concepts and skills. NS1 targets three domains of whole numbers represented in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSS-M): Counting and Cardinality, Number and Operations in Base Ten, and Operations and Algebraic Thinking. NS1 provides explicit instruction in rational counting, decomposition of numbers, sophisticated counting strategies, properties of operations, number combinations, multidigit addition and subtraction, and word problem solving. The intervention consists of 48 sessions, themed into 12 weeks of instruction, with each session designed to provide 15 minutes of instruction. NS1 utilizes a gaming platform, where students interact with virtual characters and receive effort- and performance-based rewards as they succeed in solving mathematics problems.

Statistical Finding Summary

Positive effect on student mathematics outcomes related to whole-number concepts and skills

No effect on distal outcome measures

No differential response to the intervention as a function of baseline student characteristics

No statistical relationship between any of the dosage variables and students' change in any of the outcomes from pretest to posttest

Source

B. Kosty, D., Clarke, B., Fien, H., J. Nelson, N., K. Baker, S. & T. Doabler, C. (2016). An Examination of the Promise of the NumberShire Level 1 Gaming Intervention for Improving Student Mathematics Outcomes (ED576652). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED576652.pdf.

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