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An Optical Brain Imaging Study on the Improvements in Mathematical Fluency from Game-based Learning
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An Optical Brain Imaging Study on the Improvements in Mathematical Fluency from Game-based Learning

Murat Perit Cakir, Nur Akkuş Çakir, Hasan Ayaz and Frank J. Lee
Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, pp 209-219
05 Oct 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2793107.2793133
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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/69340View
Open CC BY-NC-ND V4.0

Abstract

Applied computing -- Computers in other domains -- Personal computers and PC applications Applied computing -- Education
In this study we examined the effectiveness of game-based learning in improving math fluency compared to a conventional drill and practice approach. An optical brain imaging method called functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIR) was utilized to assess changes in brain activation in prefrontal cortex related to cognitive load and working memory functions, so that the improvement gained by the increased attentional and cognitive training involved in a mobile game called MathDash could be examined in terms of how and why game-based learning can be effective. Overall, our experiment with college students indicated that Math Dash was equally effective in terms of improving computational fluency in comparison to the drill and practice approach.

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