![]() ![]() Some of these bots are used to spread political misinformation, especially during election campaigns. For example, recent estimates suggest that about 47 million Twitter accounts (~15%) are bots (Varol et al., 2017). Social media platforms have proven to be a particularly fertile breeding ground for online misinformation. For example, false kidnapping rumours on WhatsApp have led to mob lynchings in India (BBC News, 2018a Phartiyal, Patnaik, and Ingram, 2018). In some countries, the rapid spread of online misinformation is posing an additional, physical danger, sometimes leading to injury and even death. The rapid spread of “fake news” and online misinformation is a growing threat to the democratic process (Lewandowsky, Ecker, and Cook, 2017 van der Linden, et al., 2017a Iyengar and Massey, 2018), and can have serious consequences for evidence-based decision making on a variety of societal issues, ranging from climate change and vaccinations to international relations (Poland and Spier, 2010 van der Linden, 2017 van der Linden et al., 2017b Lazer et al., 2018). We provide initial evidence that people’s ability to spot and resist misinformation improves after gameplay, irrespective of education, age, political ideology, and cognitive style. We conducted a large-scale evaluation of the game with N = 15,000 participants in a pre-post gameplay design. The game draws on an inoculation metaphor, where preemptively exposing, warning, and familiarising people with the strategies used in the production of fake news helps confer cognitive immunity when exposed to real misinformation. In the game, players take on the role of a fake news producer and learn to master six documented techniques commonly used in the production of misinformation: polarisation, invoking emotions, spreading conspiracy theories, trolling people online, deflecting blame, and impersonating fake accounts. In a novel attempt to address this issue, we designed a psychological intervention in the form of an online browser game. We use the power of the iPad and technology to empower teachers and help children understand and learn key math concepts and to unravel misunderstandings.The spread of online misinformation poses serious challenges to societies worldwide. Our apps are research based and classroom tested to make sure they help children learn. Math Slide is part of our ‘play and learn’ series, which are games high in educational value where children learn as they play. Learning math should be fun and exciting, a rewarding adventure.Playing educationally rich games and apps improves understanding.Our apps range from learning to count up to understanding and using fractions and decimals, with each app focusing on one key concept. We develop apps that focus on the key concepts that need to be fully understood to progress and succeed in mathematics. Maths Adventures Limited is a New Zealand company helping children learn mathematics. Game 10 – triples of number facts: 6 + 5 + ? = 15 Game 9 – pairs of number facts: 6 + 7 = 8 + ? Game 7 – addition & subtraction facts up to 10+10 Game 4 – representing number facts up to 10+10 Game 3 – doubles up to 10, pairs that equal 10 Game 2 – doubles up to 10, pairs that equal 10 Game 1 – representing doubles & pairs to 10 Slide a tile into the center to match the image, answer or equation Press ‘Start Game’, wait for the count down, then playĥ. Players join the game by pressing the ‘Join’ buttonĤ. Select Competition Mode or Collaboration Modeģ. ![]() The app focuses on a critical math concept vital for successġ.Each game is a little harder than the previous game.All games can be played unlimited times.20 games all focused on basic number facts.Games can be played in Competition Mode or Collaboration Mode.Multiplayer game, suitable for one, two, three or four players.This School Edition can be used with Apple’s Volume Purchasing Program for Education VPP and contains the same games as Math Slide: add & subtract and Math Slide: multiply & divide. ![]() Math slide is a fun way to learn and practice this key skill. To progress and succeed at mathematics children need to be able to easily recall basic number facts. ![]() Players play and learn by sliding tiles into the center to match an image, answer or equation. Math Slide: Basic Facts is a multiplayer game helping children to learn addition, subtraction, multiplication & division basic number facts. ![]()
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