Program Description

My Math Academy is a game-based adaptive learning system designed to help young children (pre-k through 2nd grade) build a strong understanding of fundamental number sense and operations. It includes 30 games with over 130 game-based activities, covering number sense and operations concepts and skills for pre-kindergarten through second grade. Topics range from counting to 10 to adding and subtracting three-digit numbers using the standard algorithm. Each individual game activity maps to a learning objective and is supported by an interactive instruction level, as well as several layers of scaffolding and feedback. Within individual games and between games, built-in adaptivity provides scaffolding and adjusts difficulty based on the learner’s performance. Across the system, this adaptivity gives learners a customized pathway between skills based on prior performance. Assessment is embedded throughout the play experience, including game-based pretests and final assessment tasks at a granular skill level. In addition, the game system as a whole uses cohesive narrative and interactive characters (embedded at the level of individual games) to support student engagement with the learning world. In sum, My Math Academy combines math curriculum with learning sciences, adaptive technology, and instructional design and production. With engaging characters and scenarios, individualized learning pathways, and continuous assessment built into every level of every game, My Math Academy aims to help students learn and make sense of math in an enjoyable way. My Math Academy’s design recognizes that children learn through play, and it builds upon the natural relationships between learning and children’s daily life activities and experiences via game-based learning contexts, encouraging them to build connections between the math concepts and their developing world knowledge. My Math Academy features easy-to-use Teacher and Administrator dashboards that provide real-time class and student data along with recommended groupings and instruction for extended learning.

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