SEE ME ROAR: Self-determination Enhanced Engagement for Math Education Relying On Augmented Reality

Contemporary primary school students generally spend a lot of time playing digital games, but may be less interested in their schoolwork, such as learning mathematics. Mathematics includes many abstract concepts that can be difficult to grasp for some students. Augmented reality as a technology makes it possible to transfer the abstract knowledge into concrete and situated contexts so that the students can better comprehend the information. In addition, the social interactions can also improve the students' learning experience. In order to better understand how to design such AR games for learning, we design an AR-based social game platform for primary school students in mathematics learning, called SEE ME ROAR. This paper describes the design and implementation process of the first prototype. We report early results from one primary school teacher and two primary school students, which indicate the game is fun and might be helpful for their study. Future work will focus on the specific effects of different game mechanics on the students' learning experience. The game platform will become more generalized for other subjects in the future.