Math Games: Numerical & Spatial
Overview
Math games use numbers and Spatial Skills, allowing students to practice many math skills in a fun, applied context. By engaging student Attention, these games motivate students to develop meaningful connections with content and can lead to positive experiences with learning math.
Example: Use This Strategy in the Classroom
Watch how this elementary school integrates different types of math games to stimulate enthusiasm for math learning. Through computer games and hands-on activities, students are highly engaged, build their math skills, and develop a love for math.
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Learn how Zoombinis challenges learners to solve puzzles by practicing their pattern recognition skills. Through multiple mini-games and varying levels of difficulty, learners strengthen their Mathmetical Flexibility in a fun, engaging environment.
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Factors Supported by this Strategy
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Building with blocks is ideal for promoting early geometric and Spatial Skills.
Students activate more cognitive processes by exploring and representing their understandings in visual form.
When students explain their thinking process aloud with guidance in response to questions or prompts, they recognize the strategies they use and solidify their understanding.
Free choice supports learner interests and promotes the development of more complex social interactions.
Imagining allows students to step back from a problem or task and think about it from multiple angles.
Project-based learning (PBL) actively engages learners in authentic tasks designed to create products that answer a given question or solve a problem.
Response devices boost engagement by encouraging all students to answer every question.
