Playing MATHERIAL improved math achievement¶
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Evidence · 1 study · causalr2·q2·i2medium
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
Design limits · Es-Sajjade 2020: groups were assigned but students were analysed as independent (read from the study by two models, 2026-10-28)
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q2 i2 Students who played MATHERIAL scored higher on the math test than controls (M = 29.3 vs M = 23.9), a medium-to-large effect (partial eta squared = 0.066). → Es-Sajjade 2020
Evidence¶
Es-Sajjade 2020¶
Es-Sajjade, A., & Paas, F. (2020). Educational theories and computer game design: lessons from an experiment in elementary mathematics education. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-020-09799-w
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Quasi-experiment with 227 fifth- and sixth-grade students in five Dutch schools; ANOVA showed a significant effect, F(1, 226) = 15.975, p < 0.0005, with "partial eta squared = 0.066".
"Consistent with the first hypothesis, students who played the MATHERIAL game scored higher on the math test (M = 29.3, SD = 11.6) than those who did not (M = 23.9, SD = 9.3)."
Discussion¶
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matherial-improved-math-achievement |
title |
Playing MATHERIAL improved math achievement |
description |
Playing MATHERIAL improved math achievement |
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review |
evidence_strength |
moderate |
newest_evidence |
2020 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-28 |
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1 — es-sajjade-2020 |
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