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CATS Fractions-Related Math Video Games: Improving Fractions Knowledge in Sixth-Grade Students

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Intervention Details

Subject

Math

Academic Program

General Education

Duration

10 days, with each day consisting of a 40-minute classroom period

Grade

6

Personnel

General Education Teacher

Intervention Summary

The Center for Advanced Technology in Schools (CATS) fractions-related math video games is a program that targets fractions knowledge in sixth-grade students. The program consists of four video games (Wiki Jones, Save Patch, Tlaloc's Book, and Rosie's Rates) that are designed to teach rational numbers and fractions in a predetermined order over 10 days. Students play the games independently in a predetermined sequence, with three games played for two 40-minute classroom periods and one game (Save Patch) played for four periods.

Statistical Finding Summary

Positive effect on fractions knowledge

Source

(2015). WWC Review of the Report "The Effects of Math Video Games on Learning." What Works Clearinghouse Single Study Review (ED561237). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED561237.pdf.

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