I samband med Rutiga Familjens studieresa i San Francisco bloggar de deltagande lärarna och rektorerna om sin resa, sina möten och skolbesöken i Kalifornien. Följ deras berättelse i bloggen Matematikprojektet bloggar från USA!

”Ett helt nytt sätt att undervisa i matematik testas nu i ett forskningsprojekt vid Forshällaskolan i Uddevalla. Metoden består av ett grafiskt matematikprogram och digitala whiteboard och har utvecklats av Lena Pareto, filosofie doktor i datalogi vid Högskolan Väst.”
Tidningsartikel Västpunkt, 2/2008 » Läs mer

Rutiga Familjen deltar och används i  Lund Universitets projekt  ”Digitala dialoger – interaktion med digitala karaktärer via persondatorer och interaktiva skrivtavlor” som ingår i KK Stiftelsens program Unga Nätkulturer. Projektet handlar om att i samverkan med ungdomar i åldern 12 – 16 år kartlägga skeenden i pedagogiska dialoger mellan ungdomar och digitala karaktärer i digitala läromedel.

”En familj vid namn Rutiga familjen har hjälpt eleverna på Hovhultsskolan i Uddevalla att bli bättre på matematik. För i februari i år hakade två av skolans klasser på matematikprojektet Rutiga familjen.”
Sveriges Radio, Nyheter P4 Väst, fredag 8 oktober 2010 » Läs artikeln och lyssna på reportaget

En ny artikel ”A Teachable Agent Game Engaging Primary School Children to Learn Arithmetic Concepts and Reasoning” har publicerats i en internationell tidskrift om intelligenta spel och andra digitala verktyg i skolmiljö: International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education av Springer

(eftersom artikeln publiceras internationellt, är den på engelska).
Abstrakt:  In this paper we will describe a learning environment designed to foster conceptual understanding and reasoning in mathematics among younger school children. The learning environment consists of 48 2-player game variants based on a graphical model of arithmetic where the mathematical content is intrinsically interwoven with the game idea. The environment also features teachable agents, which are computer programs that can be taught and behave according to their knowledge. Thus, the environment provides both learning-by-doing (playing the game) and learning-by-teaching (teaching the agent to play). It differs from other learning-by-teaching systems 1) by targeting basic mathematics and primary grade students; 2) by using teachable agents as an extension to educational games in order to leverage engagement, reflection and learning; and 3) by using an agent-driven question dialogue to challenge students’ mathematical thinking, to role-model learner behaviour and to transfer game knowledge to out-of-game mathematics. The teachable agent game is described and evaluated in an authentic classroom study enrolling 443 students from 22 classes in 9 schools. Students range from 2^nd to 6^th grade of mainstream classes and 7^th to 8^th grade for students with difficulties in mathematics. Part of the study was designed as a quasi-experimental study with controls; part was designed to examine students’ change in mental models of arithmetic before and after game play. All students took pre- and post mathematics tests. The 314 playing students used the game and taught their agents during regular math-classes for three months, whereas the control classes attended standard instruction and took the tests. A questionnaire was distributed in the end of the study to investigate students’ perceptions and performances of the agent-tutoring task. Results show that 1) there is a significant learning gain for playing student compared to controls, 2) the learning environment can engage children in advanced mathematical thinking in early education, 3) that young primary students can act as successful tutors. Thus, we conclude that teachable agents is a candidate for leveraging learning in educational games to deeper levels that transfer outside the game. This idea combines the motivational power of games with the reflective power of a teachable agent asking though-provoking, deep questions on the learning material during game play.

Pareto, L. (2014). A Teachable Agent Game Engaging Primary School Children to Learn Arithmetic Concepts and Reasoning. In International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, Volume 24, Issue 3, pp 251-283. Springer New York.

FAS I i Skolverkets ”Matematiksatsning 2011” fortsätter med ett nytt presentationsmöte, där Norgården introduceras till Skolverkets matematiksatsning i Uddevalla.

Under mötet sker följande:
Lena Pareto presenterar detta 2 årsprojekt samt matematikspelet Rutiga Familjen. Kjell Svanström, projektets koordinator och lärare på Dalabergsskolan, kunnig inom Rutiga Familjen-konceptet genom Wallenbergsatsningen, presenterar sig och sin funktion inom projektet.