Devlin Mathematics Education for a New Era

Video Games as a Medium for Learning
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4398-6771-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 218 Seiten

Stanford mathematician and NPR Math Guy Keith Devlin explains why, fun aside, video games are the ideal medium to teach middle-school math. Aimed primarily at teachers and education researchers, but also of interest to game developers who want to produce videogames for mathematics education, Mathematics Education for a New Era: Video Games as a Medium for Learning describes exactly what is involved in designing and producing successful math educational videogames that foster the innovative mathematical thinking skills necessary for success in a global economy.
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Zielgruppe

Math teachers (grades 5-8), math education researchers, students training to be math teachers, and game developers of educational games.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Devlin, Keith

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Naturwissenschaften, Mathematik (Unterricht & Didaktik)
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Professionelle Anwendung Interaktionsdesign für Computerspiele
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein E-Learning
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik E-Learning, Bildungstechnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
State of Play
Street Smarts
The Perfect Medium
Euclid Would Have Taught Math This Way
What Is "Doing Mathematics" Anyway?
Mathematics Proficiency: A New Focus in Mathematics Education
The Key Features of Gaming
Mathematics Education and Gee’s 36 Video Game Learning Principles
Developing Mathematical Proficiency in a Video Game
Building a Successful Math Ed Video Game
Algebra and Beyond
A New Pedagogy
Suggested Further Reading
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Keith Devlin is a senior researcher and the executive director of the Human Sciences and Technologies Advanced Research Institute (HSTAR) at Stanford University. He is also a cofounder of the Stanford Media X research network and a regular contributor to NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday. His current research focuses on the use of different media to teach and communicate mathematics to diverse audiences. He also works on the design of information/reasoning systems for intelligence analysis.