Background Investment in mobile devices to support primary or elementary education is
increasing and must be informed by robust evidence to demonstrate impact. This systematic …

It is often argued that game-based learning is particularly effective because of the
emotionally engaging nature of games. We employed both automatic facial emotion …

Research in psychology and education indicates that corrective feedback can be a powerful
learning tool. We provide a developmental perspective to focus specifically on how …

Research has shown that difficulty adaptation is a promising instructional technique in digital
game-based learning. Nevertheless, although the strength and direction of difficulty …

It was argued recently that number line based training supports the development of
conceptual rational number knowledge. To test this hypothesis, we evaluated training effects …

The effectiveness of an experimental middle school fraction intervention was evaluated. The
intervention was centered on the number line and incorporated key principles from the …

Background In recent years, the importance of emotions in learning has been increasingly
recognized. Applying emotional design to induce positive emotions has been considered a …

Learning fractions is a critical step in children's mathematical development. However, many
children struggle with learning fractions, especially fraction arithmetic. In this article, we …

Abstract The Common Core State Standards in Mathematics recommends that children
should use visual models to represent fraction operations, such as fraction division …

There is accumulating evidence that engagement with digital math games can improve
students' learning. However, in what way individual variables critical to game-based …