Buckets of fun: Impacts of fraction ball activities on students' math-related emotions

IF 2.2 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology Pub Date : 2024-03-22 DOI:10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101645

Siling Guo , Drew H. Bailey , Katherine Rhodes , Kreshnik Nasi Begolli , Vanessa N. Bermudez , LuEttaMae Lawrence , Daniela Alvarez-Vargas , Lourdes M. Acevedo-Farag , June Ahn , Andres S. Bustamante , Lindsey E. Richland

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Abstract

Rational number learning can cause frustration and negative emotions for elementary school students. Fraction Ball, a play-based math intervention, allows students to actively learn rational numbers through engaging and interactive activities. Based on a cluster-randomized trial with 16 teachers and 360 students, our pre-registered analyses showed moderate positive impacts of Fraction Ball on overall students' self-reported math-related emotions. Exploratory analyses indicated that students with higher negative emotions at pretest showed larger experimental impacts on decreasing negative emotions at posttest. Finally, we found that Fraction Ball evidenced no trade-off between rational number learning and emotional outcomes at the classroom block level, indicating that positive learning gains in rational number skills were associated with increases in positive emotions and decreases in negative emotions.

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快乐的水桶分数球活动对学生数学相关情绪的影响

有理数学习可能会给小学生带来挫败感和负面情绪。分数球 "是一种以游戏为基础的数学干预措施，它能让学生通过参与性和互动性强的活动主动学习有理数。根据一项有 16 名教师和 360 名学生参加的分组随机试验，我们的预注册分析表明，"分数球 "对学生自我报告的数学相关情绪有适度的积极影响。探索性分析表明，在前测中消极情绪较高的学生在后测中对降低消极情绪有较大的实验影响。最后，我们发现《分数球》在班级整体层面上没有显示出有理数学习和情绪结果之间的权衡，这表明有理数技能的积极学习收获与积极情绪的增加和消极情绪的减少相关联。

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Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology focuses on two key concepts: human development, which refers to the psychological transformations and modifications that occur during the life cycle and influence an individual behavior within the social milieu; and application of knowledge, which is derived from investigating variables in the developmental process. Its contributions cover research that deals with traditional life span markets (age, social roles, biological status, environmental variables) and broadens the scopes of study to include variables that promote understanding of psychological processes and their onset and development within the life span. Most importantly.