The study of the facilities for virtual instruction of mathematics in Elementary school (A case study of mathsframe.co.uk)
This study aimed to study the facilities of virtual mathematics instruction in elementary school: a case study of mathsframe.co.uk. The results of the data description showed that such platforms could provide an excellent opportunity to make virtual teaching objective and attractive; in a way that students can learn math topics and problems while playing fun online games instead of practicing it traditionally on paper. This method will change students' attitude towards maths as a dull and rigid subject and solve a concern of teachers, which is to explain math to students in a meaningful way. In addition, by connecting mathematics with games, which is attractive to students, it is possible to deepen the learning and persistence of the material.
The findings of the present study are in line with the findings of these researches: Gholami andarati et al. (2021), Zeinivandnejad (2019), Teimouri (2018), Osareh et al. (2018), Ghaedi et al. (2016) and Motamedi et al. (2012); Thus we can elaborate on the findings above that this website is ideal for gamification of mathematics. This website's features and facilities are based on teaching elementary mathematics lessons with different online games. In addition to providing a suitable environment for students to practice and repeat math, Mathsframe.co.uk can also be used by teachers to teach the topic and the necessary explanations by recording their screen and sending it to their virtual classes.
The facilities and games of the website were divided into categories of Most popular free mathematics games, Tablet friendly games, Word problems, Using a calculator, Money, Sorting and classifying, National curriculum, Addition and subtraction, Fractions decimals and percentages, Measuring and time, Partitioning, place value and rounding, Latest mathematics games, Multiplication and division, Ordering, comparing and reading numbers, Geometry, Statistics and ITPs. There are games and options in these categories which are suitable to teach and exercise subjects like money, reading charts and working with different types of charts, numbers divisible to a certain number and prime numbers, decimals, measuring angles, numbers axis, exercising and learning different math operations, multiplication table, comparing numbers, showing the number of shapes and categories, counting numbers, place value chart, measuring volume, ratio, possibility, fraction, the method of transferring numbers in technical addition and subtraction, symmetry, measuring mass and temperature, coordinates, clock, working with a ruler, volume and perimeter.
Many math instruction games and facilities complementary to teachers' teaching are free and do not require registration, entering one's information or paying a fee. However, a basic knowledge of English or using an online dictionary or Google translate is needed for teaching or practicing games of the categories. Although some domestic software and website provide these facilities in a more narrow domain, it is suggested to design and offer domestic sample websites or national and free software or with small fee modelling the games and facilities of this website and make them accessible to teachers and students to facilitate the virtual education of courses and to witness the improvement of teachers' teaching and the academic progress of our students.