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MAV 2023 Conference
MAV 2023 Conference - Aiming High
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C18 - (Year 5 to Year 8) Using a fantasy board game to learn Maths - Lucas Rocha

(Year 5 To Year 8)

(Year 5 to Year 8)

2:00 pm

30 November 2023

TLC 317

Session Description

In this session, the presenter will discuss how gamification can engage students in education and increase their willingness to embrace challenges. The presenter will discuss the use of a fantasy approach that incorporates gaming elements to build an ongoing challenge to students of physics and mathematics. After discussing the benefits of gamification, the presenter will introduce the board game he has been developing as a high-quality teaching resource capable of targeting learners from Year 5 to 8. The game provides students with a monster world, where they can build their own team and challenge others. Students must solve mathematical questions as they play the game in order to be victorious. A perfect balance of strategy, numeracy skills and peer interaction, which improves student engagement and contributes to a fun learning experience. The game can be used by educators and parents as an ongoing numeracy tool.

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