This paper presents a conceptual model for creating digital educational games that aim to reduce mathematics anxiety (MA) and promote positive emotional engagement in mathematics education. No empirical data were collected or analyzed; the proposed model is based on a synthesis of theory and empirical …

The growing integration of technology into society highlights the need for educational transformation to better equip students for future challenges and the evolving labor market. Digital game-based learning (DGBL) has emerged as a promising strategy for enhancing learning using interactive digital games. …

In the TransEET project, experts from various fields collaborate to design STEAM curricular resources. This collaboration is built on the exchange of prototypes within communities whose members possess diverse expertise. This paper reflects on the collaborative design process by analyzing two game-based …

The ‘Dancing with Mathematics’ workshop includes a variety of hands-on educational activities that combine these two seemingly incompatible disciplines through motion-capture technologies. A heterogeneous group of researchers with diverse academic backgrounds and expertise, that collaborate in the HORIZON-WIDERA …

Game-based learning (GBL) and gamification can improve the learning experience of students by making learning more fun, interesting, and motivating. However, integrating games in practice is challenging for many teachers as it requires competences that not necessarily are part of their teaching repertoire. …

This paper reports how a mathematics teacher uses a digital game for learning and teaching in the classroom. We utilize a case study approach to examine the pedagogical activities present in the lesson. The results of the study indicate that not all of the lesson objectives were met. Even though the …