Hi Christopher,
> I was wondering if you had considered doing a wave for developing
> "subitation skills. Subitation is the process by which children learn
> to rapidly perceive the number of objects in a group. I've recently
> read that this ability seemed to be an important determinant for a
> childs ability to understand mathematical concepts. I'll see if I can
> find the reference but I remember reading about it in the New York
> Times.
>
> I was imaging having groups of up to 6 -10 asteroids (the "natural"
> subitation limit is said to be 6). You could then count them and enter
> the numbers as you do with the other waves.
It would be quite easy to modify Factoroids to display a random number
of asteroids and have the player simply count them. When the correct
number is entered, they could all be zapped simultaneously (Factoroids
in tuxmath 2.0.x introduced this cool "multizap" feature as a
powerup). We could omit the "ship" for this exercise and just show
Tux at the console.
It could also be a mod of the regular tuxmath comet zap game - omit
the comets and have groups of things fly horizontally across the
screen - the player would only earn points if the objects are
"subitated" before the group disappears.
Best,
David Bruce
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