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The next KE Hub online Triage Workshop will be presented by Maypole Education.
Finding the optimal path in a simple kids maths game
Stick and Split is a very simple, ingenious online game that helps children learn times tables. But it has some surprising complexity too. We need to find a way to solve the game by a quick algorithm that is more efficient than a child playing the game. Sounds easy, but the solution has eluded us. Can you help?
If you can help, we will be able to better judge whether children are making good or bad moves as they play. This will then help us assess how and whether the game is helping children learn, which is the subject of wider research at the University of Loughborough Maths Education Centre.
Academic mathematical scientists from KE Hub partner university departments are invited to take part in these workshops. If you would like to attend, please contact your local KE Champion to receive the meeting link or get in touch with the organisers, Lauren Hyndman and Diwei Zhou.
KE Hub Triage Workshops are informal discussion sessions where one B.I.G. Partner presents a challenge they are currently facing, with the aim of determining:
- What, if any, mathematical sciences approaches can be used to address the challenge?
- Who from the mathematical sciences community would like to take on the challenge?
- What mechanisms are most appropriate for driving the challenge forward?
The purpose of these workshops is to allow the B.I.G. Partner to engage directly with academic mathematical scientists to probe the scientific content of their proposed challenge. The environment is relaxed and interactive, and we encourage questions, clarifications and discussions throughout. You can find information on all upcoming and past workshops here.