PROCEEDINGS OF THE 23RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2020
Boston, Massachusetts
Chase that rabbit! Designing vector unknown: A linear algebra game
Page: 1262
We report on the second iteration of the game Vector Unknown, a linear algebra game based upon the Magic Carpet Ride sequence from the Inquiry Oriented Linear Algebra (IOLA). Observations from the first round of gameplay interviews produced a variety of student strategies. These student strategies informed revising the game to introduce three different difficulties and the addition of a tutorial mode. In particular, we found that the presence of standard basis vectors could affect the strategies employed by the participants.