Document Type
Research Paper
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the differential effects of competitive and cooperative math games on children's abilities to do basic math facts. Seventy-nine third grade students from two elementary schools in Northern Iowa participated in the study. Participants took a timed pretest consisting of simple addition problems. They were then randomly assigned to three groups of approximately equal abilities, as assessed by the timed test. The first group played a cooperative math game, the second group played a competitive math game, and the third group participated in regular classroom math activities. After four game sessions, participants took a timed post-test consisting of the same simple addition problems. All groups showed significant improvement from pre-test to post-test. No differences in improvement were found among the three groups.
Publication Date
2001
Journal Title
Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference
Volume
5
Issue
1
First Page
149
Last Page
152
Copyright
©2001 by the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Publisher
University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Recommended Citation
Scallon, Jane
(2001)
"Effects of Competitive and Cooperative Math Games on Children's Learning of Basic Math Facts,"
Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference: Vol. 5:
Iss.
1, Article 27.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/csbsproceedings/vol5/iss1/27
