Mobile MathTactics - Mathematics Game Based Learning

Mobile MathTactics is a mobile game-based application inspired to teach children on
the subject of mathematics. Mathematics is a very interesting field as it can explain
many of evidence to us through calculations and numbers. However, because it is too
complex for a normal person to understand it, especially young kids, mathematics
might draw “sour grapes” on their faces. Apart from that, the inefficient teachings
models adopted by the academic educators have also worsened the case to even
severe that what it already is. Lack of narration and meaning behind those numbers
frightened people away from learning mathematics. Therefore to counter the
problems, the author has come up with the idea of using games as the learning tool to
capture the interest of small children. Games, for centuries (since the beginning of
personal computer era) have renowned for its enjoyable and fun environment. Thus,
by applying the same concept to the subject mathematics, the education industry can
improves itself through a whole new teaching method. Moreover, it uses English
language as the medium of interaction with the user apart leveraging the mobile
technology as its core platform. The application focuses on three mathematical
modules, which are addition, subtraction and lastly multiplication. The whole project
is done with Rapid Application Development methodology, as it is much flexible and
suitable for the short duration of development. After developed the simulator of the
application, the prototype was tested with ten students. The final conclusion is that
Mobile MathTactics is able to meet its objectives although improvements are still
needed for better future commercial option.