Happy Maths

Using digital games to reduce maths anxiety and make maths fun. A @tudublincompsci project. @WeAreTUDublin

[Happy Maths @HappyMathsIE]

We are a project of the School of Computer Science at @WeAreTUDublin . Follow us to learn more about it.

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3/ Enjoyment also depended on whether players liked competing against others. 🆚

4/ Key takeaway: Player traits matter when designing game features like leaderboards to create positive learning experiences. 🧮🎯

Read more here: https://t.co/qIUwMbDDaq

#SeriousGames #MathsGames

[Happy Maths @HappyMathsIE]

🎮 New research from the Happy Maths project has been published in the International Journal of Serious Games!

We explored how primary school students experienced an infinite leaderboard while playing one of our digital maths games, 'Seven Spells'. 🧵👇

#GameBasedLearning

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1/ Leaderboard enjoyment was influenced by players' ranking positions and their maths anxiety levels. 📊

2/ Maths anxious players disliked the leaderboard more than non-anxious players, even when controlling for their position. 😟

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7/ 📷 Want to know more about how educational games and learning maths intersect?

Check out the Happy Maths website: https://t.co/L5MC4ZdN9U

📚✨ #GameBasedLearning #EdTech #HappyMaths #GamesForLearning #SeriousGames #MathsGames

[Happy Maths @HappyMathsIE]

1/ 🎮 Can games help kids learn better? Our study explored how playing the digital game Seven Spells impacts primary school students’ adaptive expertise in math! 🧮✨ Here’s what we found: 👇

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6/🧩 What We Learned:
Games like Seven Spells can help develop adaptive expertise in math — but game design matters!
⚖️ Balancing competition and engagement is key 🔑 for effective learning.

[André Almo 👻 @andrealmo_edu]

I had a blast last week presenting the Seven Spells game from @HappyMathsIE as part of the U First Programme at @DCU! 🧮🇮🇪

Secondary school students participated in several events and saw the university up close. They also got to play for a bit, as well as see some code! 🎮👾

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Happy Maths is even happier than usual today! We are glad to share that the 'Seven Spells' game has now reached 100,000 total matches played!

#HappyMaths #MathsEducation #TUDublin #MathsAnxiety #GameBasedLearning #DigitalGameBasedLearning

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Our new research from the Happy Maths Project is out at #ECGBL2024! 🎉

We studied how players' performance in the maths game 'Seven Spells' is influenced by factors like move complexity & Maths Anxiety, and if these affected players differently depending on the game mode.

[André Almo 👻 @andrealmo_edu]

A new paper from @HappyMathsIE is officially out! 📑

In this work, we analysed students' performance in different versions of a digital maths card game, and which variables may have influenced their performance. 🃏🧮

Full paper: https://t.co/CgpolgT6iz

#ECGBL24 #ECGBL2024

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We are starting a new round of schools, and we're happy to say Happy Maths is expanding its reach! We have now been in schools in counties Dublin, Meath, Kildare, Galway and Kilkenny. Soon to be all over Ireland! 🧮🇮🇪🎮

#HappyMaths #TUDublin #MathsEducation #GameBasedLearning

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Happy Maths is going to Berlin for #GALA2024 conference! Congratulations to our researchers @maamarante and @pierpaolodondio that will present a paper studying the effect of our game Seven Spells on maths abilities! #galaconf #gamebasedlearning @gameandlearning #happymaths

[Pierpaolo Dondio @PierpaoloDondio]

The Happy Maths paper "Gameplay performance as a predictor of Adaptive Expertise in primary school students" by Mariana Rocha and Pierpaolo Dondio has been accepted at GALA 2024, the 13th Conference on Serious Games. Congratulations!
#seriousgames #gamebasedlearning

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New exciting postdoctoral fellowship position in maths learning and cognition + game-based learning with the Happy Maths project and @WeAreTUDublin. Info here: https://t.co/n1nvt0dx7f
#MCLS2024 #MCLS2025 @MCLStrainee #gamebasedlearning #mathslearning

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We just had an amazing time in Galway! ✨

The Happy Maths team has concluded the first round of schools in the West Region of Ireland.

Students from Mercy Primary School and Galway Educate Together played 'Seven Spells' and got some nice prizes (and maths knowledge)! 🏆🧮

[Happy Maths @HappyMathsIE]

We just had an amazing time in Galway! ✨

The Happy Maths team has concluded the first round of schools in the West Region of Ireland.

Students from Mercy Primary School and Galway Educate Together played 'Seven Spells' and got some nice prizes (and maths knowledge)! 🏆🧮

[Happy Maths @HappyMathsIE]

Finally, we are grateful to @scienceirel, who provided the funding for Happy Maths. Getting the tablets where children play our games and visiting schools all over Ireland would not be possible without their support. ❤️

[Happy Maths @HappyMathsIE]

We just held the first-ever Happy Maths Cup at @WeAreTUDublin! Primary school students were welcomed into the Grangegorman campus, representing their schools in a tournament filled with maths. Players showed off their brain power and maths knowledge by playing Seven Spells! ➕

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The 1st Happy Maths Cup was an amazing milestone and a dream come true for the team, who worked hard to make the Happy Maths Cup a reality! We also want to thank the volunteers who were there yesterday to help at the event.