More than Learning Mathematics: The Impact of Mathematics Games on Learning in Geography and Community Education

This article describes a web-based games for solving problems of mathematics concept of "scale". To help the elementary students to understand the meaning of scale meters in maps, the authors designed an electronic map of the local district in which students were familiar with. By adding characters navigating on the map and solving mathematics problems to reach the goal, this learning system created atmosphere of exploring and learning in fun. Surprisingly, students spent more time on sharing their living and geography of daily activities than mathematics.