Published July 8, 2021 | Version v1
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The use of gamification in mathematics, chess as a manipulative material

Contributors

  • 1. Project supervisor

Description

Las matemáticas resultan muy tediosas para los alumnos, en concreto la resolución de problemas. Por ello, en este trabajo se ha utilizado el ajedrez como material manipulativo para mejorar el rendimiento entre los alumnos de Educación Primaria. . Esta investigación se ha llevado a cabo en el curso de 5º de Primaria en un colegio del sur de la Comunidad de Madrid,  durante dos semanas. En este tiempo se ha realizado una comparación entre la metodología tradicional y la gamificada, para conocer cuál mejora el rendimiento de los alumnos.

Nowadays mathematics is very tedious for students, specifically in problem solving. For this reason, in this work, chess has been used as manipulative material to improve the result among Primary Education students. This research has been carried out during the 5th year of Primary School in the south of  Comunidad de adrid, for two weeks. During this time, a comparison has been made between the traditional methodology and the gamified one, in order to know which of them increases the learning achievement of the students. 

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