Show HN: Math Games for Kindergarten through 3rd Grade

Re:Show HN: Math Games for Kindergarten through 3rd Grade by julienchastang on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @12:57PM (#34598818)

Is there any evidence, from the academic literature or otherwise, that math games improve educational outcomes? (Sorry, I know that sounds like a wet blanket statement and I am not discouraging the OP from trying to make an impact here. I am just curious.) Also, I tried to play a couple of games (e.g., https://www.mindlygames.com/game/skip-counting-by-5-dino-soa...), but it has been stuck "loading" for the entire duration of how long it took me to write this comment.

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Re:Show HN: Math Games for Kindergarten through 3rd Grade by hamburga on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @01:11PM (#34599100)

Sure. I used to work in education policy, and this was the most reliable source I can recall of peer-reviewed studies on impacts of educational curricula/interventions. Plugged in elementary school games for you:

https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Search/Products?searchTerm=game&...

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Re:Show HN: Math Games for Kindergarten through 3rd Grade by dangond on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @01:08PM (#34599056)

The key thing is that they encourage kids to willingly spend time learning. https://www.wired.com/2012/06/dragonbox/ is a good article on the author's experience with a similar game and their kid

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Re:Show HN: Math Games for Kindergarten through 3rd Grade by pencilforhire on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @06:35PM (#34603968)

Thank for sharing, that's a great article!

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Re:Show HN: Math Games for Kindergarten through 3rd Grade by moserch on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @01:12PM (#34599136)

Hi! Any chance you could let me know what type of device your using? We tested on a few after your comment and this might be a really helpful piece of info for us. Thanks for letting us know it isn't loading for you!

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Re:Show HN: Math Games for Kindergarten through 3rd Grade by zh3 on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @01:32PM (#34599524)

Couple of things here didn't work; firefox 102.4.ESR and chromium on linux go to '100%' on Dino Eggs and hang there; works on same PC using chrome and on a random Win10 box with Chrome.

Dino's eggs also popped up two '40' choices for a Q where answer was 40 - but one of them said wrong answer (as reported by 5YO experimental subject).

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Re:Show HN: Math Games for Kindergarten through 3rd Grade by pencilforhire on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @09:11PM (#34605429)

This is great info, much appreciated :) !

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Re:Show HN: Math Games for Kindergarten through 3rd Grade by julienchastang on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @01:21PM (#34599306)

MBP (a recent one), chrome browser.

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Re:Show HN: Math Games for Kindergarten through 3rd Grade by gnabgib on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @02:09PM (#34600174)

Firefox windows (in order.. seems like the first one starts the chain):

- Error decoding audio: menuMusic - The buffer passed to decodeAudioData contains invalid content which cannot be decoded successfully.

- Uncaught (in promise) DOMException: The buffer passed to decodeAudioData contains invalid content which cannot be decoded successfully.

- Uncaught Error: Audio key "menuMusic" missing from cache`

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Re:Show HN: Math Games for Kindergarten through 3rd Grade by pencilforhire on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @09:10PM (#34605420)

Thank you! This helps a lot!

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Re:Show HN: Math Games for Kindergarten through 3rd Grade by moserch on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @11:59AM (#34613454)

Ok! I think we found the issue and it's with our music files on firefox. Should be fixed now! Thank you so much for catching this.

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Re:Show HN: Math Games for Kindergarten through 3rd Grade by gnabgib on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @06:36PM (#34619775)

Can confirm it works now :) Feature: Might I suggest you remember toggling music/sound off across games.

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Re:Show HN: Math Games for Kindergarten through 3rd Grade by mandmandam on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @01:08PM (#34599049)

1. Play is how basically every other mammal learns. 2. Learning comes easier to people when it's fun, because they're more engaged and receptive.

That said, I don't think these games in particular look anything close to optimal. To be fair though, I can't load them either - stuck at 98%.

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Re:Show HN: Math Games for Kindergarten through 3rd Grade by moserch on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @01:14PM (#34599173)

If you'd be willing to share what type of device you're on that would be super helpful. Thanks for the feedback!

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Re:Show HN: Math Games for Kindergarten through 3rd Grade by mandmandam on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @01:53PM (#34599905)

Firefox on an M1 mac.

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