Neda, M., & Rincon, B., & Sahl, D., & Pandey, A., & Mora Bornholdt, C., & Howard, J. W., & Salako, R., & Vongkulluksn, V. W. (2024, April), Enhancing Fundamental Math Skills of STEM Students Through Math Games Instruction  Paper presented at 2024 ASEE PSW Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada. 10.18260/1-2--46036

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  Neda, M., \& Rincon, B., \& Sahl, D., \& Pandey, A., \& Mora Bornholdt, C., \& Howard, J. W., \& Salako, R., \& Vongkulluksn, V. W. (2024, April), \emph{Enhancing Fundamental Math Skills of STEM Students Through Math Games Instruction}
  Paper presented at 2024 ASEE PSW Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.
  10.18260/1-2--46036

Monika Neda, Blanca Rincon, Daniel Sahl, Alok Pandey, Claudia Mora Bornholdt, John William Howard, Rachidi Salako, and Vanessa W. Vongkulluksn Ph.D..  "Enhancing Fundamental Math Skills of STEM Students Through Math Games Instruction".  2024 ASEE PSW Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2024, April.  ASEE Conferences, 2024.  https://peer.asee.org/46036 Internet.  10 Jan, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_46036}
  Monika Neda, Blanca Rincon, Daniel Sahl, Alok Pandey, Claudia Mora Bornholdt, John William Howard, Rachidi Salako, and Vanessa W. Vongkulluksn Ph.D..
  "Enhancing Fundamental Math Skills of STEM Students Through Math Games Instruction".
  \emph{2024 ASEE PSW Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2024, April}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2024.
  https://peer.asee.org/46036 Internet.  10 Jan, 2025

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AB  - This study addresses mathematics intervention for STEM students at the large R1 university, University of Nevada Las Vegas, and the community college, College of Southern Nevada, in the Southwest. In the 2020-2021 academic year, only 21% of high school students in the primary Southwest School District, a major source of University of Nevada Las Vegas and College of Southern Nevada undergraduates, demonstrated math proficiency. This challenge is more pronounced for Latinx students in Title I schools. Despite engineering degrees requiring advanced math courses, most incoming freshmen are placed in basic math, resulting in a significant delay before reaching calculus. Since fall 2021, a co-requisite model has been implemented at College of Southern Nevada and University of Nevada Las Vegas, placing STEM students not yet math-ready in co-requisite precalculus. Literature suggests active learning, technology, and peer collaboration as effective remediation tools. To that end, Math Masters (M&M) games were developed in collaboration with the University of Nevada Las Vegas Center of Game Innovation, to supplement the co-requisite model. Following an iterative design process, the math games target basic arithmetic operations, functions, logarithmic and exponential modeling, and system of equations. The presented game on functions breaks down concepts for targeted intervention while employing place-based pedagogy to enhance engagement and math achievement. The ongoing research incorporates formative evaluation to refine the games and integrates quantitative and qualitative measures to assess M&M's impact on math knowledge, motivation, academic achievement, and engineering major persistence. This multifaceted approach aims to enhance the effectiveness of math remediation and foster success among STEM students at University of Nevada Las Vegas and College of Southern Nevada.
This research was funded by the National Science Foundation, Grant #2225226.


AU  - Monika Neda
AU  - Blanca Rincon
AU  - Daniel Sahl
AU  - Alok Pandey
AU  - Claudia Mora Bornholdt
AU  - John William Howard
AU  - Rachidi Salako
AU  - Vanessa W. Vongkulluksn Ph.D.
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