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Game-Based Learning in Education and Health - Part A

  • 1st Edition, Volume 276 - April 6, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Flávia H. Santos
  • Language: English

Game-Based Learning in Education and Health, Volume 276 in the Progress in Brain Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting in… Read more

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Description

Game-Based Learning in Education and Health, Volume 276 in the Progress in Brain Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Math computerized games in the classroom: a Number Line Training in Primary School Children, Digital games for learning basic arithmetic at home, Game-Based Assessment of Cognitive Function among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Different aspects of fraction understanding are associated selectively with performance on a fraction learning game, and more.

Key features

  • Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors
  • Presents the latest release in Progress in Brain Research serials
  • Updated release includes the latest information on Game-Based Learning in Education and Health

Readership

Undergraduates, graduates, academics, and researchers in the field of neurology and brain research

Table of contents

1. Math computerized games in the classroom: A number line training in primary school children

Maristella Lunardon, Daniela Lucangeli, Marco Zorzi and Francesco Sella

2. Digital games for learning basic arithmetic at home

Silvia Benavides-Varela, Diana Laurillard, Giulio Piperno, Daniela Fava Minor, Daniela Lucangeli and Brian Butterworth

3. Evaluating the validity of game-based assessments measuring cognitive function among children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Kammarauche Aneni, Isabella Gomati de la Vega, Megan G. Jiao, Melissa C. Funaro and Lynn E. Fiellin

4. Tasting inhibition: A proof-of-concept study of the food stop-signal game

Hannah Kirsten, Martin Dechant, Henning Gibbons and Maximilian Achim Friehs

5. Different aspects of fraction understanding are associated selectively with performance on a fraction learning game

Georgios Thoma, Julia Bahnmueller, Antero Lindstedt, Kristian Kiili, Silke M. Wortha, Korbinian Moeller and Manuel Ninaus

6. Children grow upwards, and so does the number line: Evidence from a directional number line paradigm

Sophie J. Leonard, Ciara Roche, Aoife Durkan, Mariuche Gomides and Flavia H. Santos

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 276
  • Published: April 6, 2023
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Flávia H. Santos

Flávia H. Santos, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Cognitive and Developmental Neuroscience based at the Institute of Education, University College London. Her research investigates mathematical cognition and the factors involved in developmental processes, individual differences, and academic outcomes. Her lab has been funded by Research Ireland, the European Commission, and the Leverhulme Trust to develop evidence-based interventions that address real-world educational challenges, such as low mathematics achievement, developmental dyscalculia, and mathematics anxiety. Santos is affiliated with the UK Centre for Educational Neuroscience and contributes to UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab initiatives.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Institute of Education, University College London, UK

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