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

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6th Grade

About the Intervention

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 Findings

Positive effect on fractions knowledge

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General Education

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Face-to-Face

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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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