BINGO Number Tower Game: Acceptability and Effectiveness in Enhancing Math Learning Performance among Male and Female Children

Abstract

Researchers from various places in the world observed a gender difference in mathematics performance among children favoring the male sex. With literature on the positive effects of educational games in the classroom setting continues to grow, contributing for the improvement of Math scores among Filipino children, through introducing an educational game and measuring its acceptability and effectiveness was the goal of this study. This study used a one-group pretest-posttest design with the 30 fourth-grader pupils in Lingayen, Pangasinan, Philippines. A five-point Likert Scale utilizing four constructs were used to determine the level of acceptability of the game among the male and female participants.The pupils showed a very high level of acceptability of the Number Tower Game in learning Mathematics. Results also showed a significant improvement on the learning performance of the pupils in Mathematics after utilizing or playing the game for weeks. A significant difference does not exist on the level of acceptability and test scores between the male and female participants.