Game-based and non-game-based number line estimation training produced statistically indistinguishable pretest-to-posttest learning gains in fraction magnitude understanding¶
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Currency · newest study 2023 · checked against its sources 2026-10-29 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person
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q3 i? Adults improved fraction magnitude estimation from pretest to posttest in both conditions, with no significant condition effect or time-by-condition interaction. → Manuel Ninaus 2023
Evidence¶
Manuel Ninaus 2023¶
Manuel Ninaus, Rodolpho Cortez, Izabel Hazin, Kristian Kiili, Silke M. Wortha, Elise Klein, Elisabeth M. Weiss, Korbinian Moeller. (2023). The added value of game elements: better training performance but comparable learning gains. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-023-10263-8
q3 · i? · causal · r2
Linear mixed model on PAE from pretest to posttest in a randomized pre-post training study with 85 adults (game n = 41, non-game n = 44). The time effect was significant (beta = -0.54, p = 0.005), but "nor the interaction between time and condition was statistically significant" (p = 0.449).
"Neither the effect of condition (beta = 0.35, 95% CI [− 0.15, 0.85]; t(164) = 1.36, p = 0.173; Std. beta = 0.20, 95% CI [− 0.15, 0.55]) nor the interaction between time and condition was statistically significant"
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Number Sense — outcome: instruction changes it
- Proportional Reasoning — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- Participants in the game-based training condition estimated fraction magnitudes more accurately during training than participants in the non-game-based condition — related
- Both numerical training conditions improve magnitude processing more than a story-understanding control condition — related
- Children's accuracy in positioning numbers on a number line improved significantly over training in both number ranges — related
- Estimation accuracy (PAE) improved significantly across the five training sessions in both conditions — related
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Game-based and non-game-based number line estimation training produced statistically indistinguishable pretest-to-posttest learning gains in fraction magnitude understanding |
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Game-based and non-game-based number line estimation training produced statistically indistinguishable pretest-to-posttest learning gains in fraction magnitude understanding |
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2023 |
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2026-10-29 |
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