Overview
Part of The Luminary Games™ - immersing students in quests & increasing math scores exponentially.
Methods, Measures, & Results
As part of The Luminary Games, The Quantifier: Quests for Order is a flagship project highlighting my MELD Learning Systems. The metaphoric ecosystem and narrative immerses students in the game, the quests, the lore, and the level ups -- to the point that they don't realize they're actually learning number sense, K-12 mathematical literacy, problem solving methods, and deep math thinking.
I will be posting more research and game demos as time allows. For now, enjoy the alpha trailer presented to my 200 6-8 grade testers before they began diving into the gameplay to give feedback (I had them rate the level they felt like they were gaming vs. "doing schoolwork", as well as offer gameplay, mechanics, and lore improvement ideas).
Deep Dive
My Systems Work.
Quick Overview: Every student in my test group of middle schoolers was at least 2 years behind in math literacy, some as much as five years behind grade level. The students who played my game snippets all showed marked improvement on math STAR test scores, and leveled up 1-3 grade levels in math. 7 of the 200 went from 5th/6th grade level to senior in high school level in one semester. In short, it works.
A detailed overview of how I did it, and more evidence of success, as well as game demos coming soon.