Games that present multiple representations—visuals, stories, and symbolic notation—change how learners notice relationships and practice reasoning. The format of practice, whether learners encounter representations one after another or all at once, can influence attention, memory, and how patterns are generalized. Those features matter for classroom routines, digital learning tools, and curricula that aim to build durable understanding rather than fleeting performance.
Follow the corrected article to see how these design choices map onto student learning and classroom equity. The findings connect to broader questions about how learning environments support growth and whom they leave behind, and they suggest concrete steps for creating instruction that fosters confident, transferable reasoning. Click through to explore the methods and implications for teaching that help more learners access powerful mathematical thinking.
Cognitive Science, Volume 50, Issue 3, March 2026.
