A prior study showed that middle school students who used the educational game Decimal Point achieved significantly higher gain scores on immediate and delayed posttests of decimal understanding than students who learned with a more conventional computer-based learning tool. This paper reports on new analyses of the data from that study, providing new insights into the benefits of the game. Fir...

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The MICA 2008 conference was held May 1–3, 2008 in Stonehaven Bay, Trinidad. The conference honoured the scientific career of Keith Geddes. Colleagues, students and friends celebrated Professor Geddes’ achievements in many areas: in fundamental research, in technology transfer, and in the training of the next generation of scientists, mathematicians and engineers. Keith received his PhD in 1973...