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LifeSim

NCER
Program: Small Business Innovation Research
Award amount: $145,420
Project director: Daniel Cook
Awardee:
Spry Fox
Year: 2015
Project type:
Phase I Development
Contract number: EDIES15C0016

People and institutions involved

IES program contact(s)

Edward Metz

IES Research Scientist
NCER

Supplemental information

This project team will develop and test a prototype of LifeSim, intended to be a financial literacy game app for high school students to strengthen mathematical skills and practical life knowledge. In the game, high school students will manage hypothetical investment funds and be challenged to understand compounded interest and debt. The app will include materials for math teachers to integrate the game within instructional practice. At the end of Phase I in a pilot study with 50 students, the researchers will examine whether the prototype functions as planned and if students are engaged during gameplay.

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Policies and StandardsEducation TechnologySocial/Emotional/BehavioralMathematics

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