Please add information to improve its coverage and accuracy. The basic structures of some games are common to many cultures, and the procedures of simple games can be quickly learned through observation.Construction This article or section is incomplete. The rules of the game and the children's motivation usually keep them on task.įew language barriers - an additional benefit becomes evident when children from non-english-speaking backgrounds are involved. Independence - Children can work independently of the teacher. Home and school - Games provide 'hands-on' interactive tasks for both school and home In a group of children playing a game, one child might be encountering a concept for the first time, another may be developing his/her understanding of the concept, a third consolidating previously learned conceptsĪssessment - children's thinking often becomes apparent through the actions and decisions they make during a game, so the teacher has the opportunity to carry out diagnosis and assessment of learning in a non-threatening situation Increased learning - in comparison to more formal activities, greater learning can occur through games due to the increased interaction between children, opportunities to test intuitive ideas and problem solving strategiesĭifferent levels - Games can allow children to operate at different levels of thinking and to learn from each other. Positive attitude - Games provide opportunities for building self-concept and developing positive attitudes towards mathematics, through reducing the fear of failure and error Motivation - children freely choose to participate and enjoy playing
Meaningful situations - for the application of mathematical skills are created by games The advantages of using games in a mathematical programme have been summarised in an article by Davies (1995) who researched the literature available at the time. Have specific mathematical cognitive objectives. Normally have a distinct finishing point Involve a challenge, usually against one or more opponents aĪre governed by a set of rules and have a clear underlying structure Oldfield (1991) says that mathematical games are 'activities' which: There is also no interaction between players - nothing that one player does affects other players' turns in any way. The players make no decisions, nor do that have to think further than counting. In this sense, something like Snakes and Ladders is NOT a game because winning relies totally on chance. The key idea in this statement is that of 'choice'.
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Gough (1999) states that "A 'game' needs to have two or more players, who take turns, each competing to achieve a 'winning' situation of some kind, each able to exercise some choice about how to move at any time through the playing". When considering the use of games for teaching mathematics, educators should distinguish between an 'activity' and a 'game'. What educational benefits are there to be gained from games What should teachers say when asked to educationally justify the use of games in mathematics lessons? Experience tells us that games can be very productive learning activities. We all know that children enjoy playing games. This loss of learning can mean an academic setback for some children that can take weeks, and in some cases months, to remedy when the school bells ring in the fall. Statistics show that over the summer break, most students lose an average of two to three months of math computational skills they learned during the previous school year.
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