The effects of an educational video game on mathematical engagement

Abstract In an effort to maximizing success in mathematics, our research teamimplemented an educational video game in fifth grade mathematics classrooms in fiveschools in the Eastern US. The educational game was developed by our multidisciplinaryresearch team to achieve a hypothetical learning trajectory of mathematicalthinking of 5th grade students. In this study, we examined overall engagement and threesub-domains of engagement as outcome variables after ten sessions of treatment withfifth grade students. The results showed that both male and female the video gamegroup had slight increases in all engagement levels while students, particularly male, in15 Halama