DESIGNING AND TRIALING A BOARD DESIGNING AND TRIALING A BOARD GAME FOR TRANSITION FROM GAME FOR TRANSITION FROM PHYSICAL EXPERIENCE ABOUT PHYSICAL EXPERIENCE ABOUT INTEGERS TO ITS NUMBER LINEINTEGERS TO ITS NUMBER LINE

:AN Action Research:AN Action Research

Dr. Lalit KishoreDr. Lalit Kishore

RATIONALERATIONALE

~Opportunity for perceptual learning~Opportunity for perceptual learning~Math lab activity: Math as science~Math lab activity: Math as science~Research & Development~Research & Development~Action researching for practitioner ‘s ~Action researching for practitioner ‘s

developmentdevelopment

METHODOLOGYMETHODOLOGY

A mix of the followingA mix of the following~ R&D, pedagogical experiment, action research~ R&D, pedagogical experiment, action research

Objectives: Objectives: (1)(1)To develop the integer game board; To develop the integer game board; (2)(2)To expert-validate and try-out as action To expert-validate and try-out as action

researchresearch

OBSERVATIONS AND ANALYSISOBSERVATIONS AND ANALYSIS

~Referencing origami: Choice of pyramid Referencing origami: Choice of pyramid shape diceshape dice

~Three-expert triangulated validation~Three-expert triangulated validation~Four-student sample for pedagogic ~Four-student sample for pedagogic

experiment with , activity or experiment with , activity or observation recording sheet, dice, observation recording sheet, dice, counters and integer stripscounters and integer strips

OUTCOMESOUTCOMES~A validated board game for integers ~A validated board game for integers

developeddeveloped

~A math lab activity added to school ~A math lab activity added to school curriculumcurriculum

~Recommendations for classroom ~Recommendations for classroom instruction of mathinstruction of math

ABSTRACTThe learning of integers at the middle school level is a transition from natural numbers to new set of numbers involving negative numbers. Being a transitional activity, there is need to provide hands-on experiences in terms of ‘to the left and to the right’ of a reference point. Keeping this need in view, a board game was designed to be played at grade seven to provide hands on learning. In order to covert the designed integers board game into a pedagogical tool, an observational sheet was also developed to codify the moves in the play of the game. In the design, the size and lay-out of the strips, with integer from (+8) to (-8) marked on it, was worked out and the dice was designed using origami with A-4 size paper forming a square pyramid with integers (+1), (+2), (0), (-1) and (-2) on its four faces and zero as the integer when the dice lands on its square face. He design and the observation sheet was tested by transacting the game with four students. The outcome of the design exercise was in the form of a board game, which can be used as a pedagogical tool for hands-on experience for learning about integers at the upper primary level.KeywordsBoard game, design process, hands-on activity, integers, pedagogical experiment

Dice, board and worksheetDice, board and worksheet

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