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Overview
Team members: Guðný and Valdís
Project name: Math Mania
Project tag line: Math tutor for 1st graders
Motivation / Scenario
The object of this program is to teach numbers, addition and multiplication. The tutoring program will be in the form of interactive games, combined with graded quizzes. For each level there is a specific goal to be learned. For first level the goal is to learn the numbers, for the second level the goal is to learn addition etc. A student can then at any time take a quiz in one of the levels, answer a series of question and get a grade on his performance.
Approach
For each level there will be a different game. For the first level the student will control a character running in a 3D environment. The student can click on a number of items and the system gives information on the amount of that item (e.g. students clicks on 2 birds and gets the number 2 on the screen) with the goal being to collect as many items as in a given timeframe. In this way the child is immersed in playing a game and is learning something while doing that.
Independent Study
We are going two study specially Methods to teach children numbers and math using VE and Pedagodical Guðný Project is split into two main parts teaching and quizing. The teaching part will be used in a game to teach children numbers, addition and multiplication and the pedagodical method to indicate the results by facial expression.
Prototype
The main emphasis in our project will be on the quiz mode. The quiz mode is a set of questions regarding the taught subject and as the student continues on answering he will get a feedback in the form of facial expressions etc. from the tutor character. At the end of the quiz he will then get a grade.
References / Links
- Useful links or references to related work.
- http://www.skolavefurinn.is (some need login)