Improving math skills using an Augmented Reality Videogame

The traditional method of learning multiplication tables is a repetitive and boring task. Teachers try to find new methods to moti- vate children in this learning. One of the lines to keep in mind it is to integrate entertainment into educational processes. This work, aimed at 3rd year Primary Education students, presents a video game with Aug- mented Reality that allows you to practice the multiplication tables by gamifying their successes and memorization. In order to attract different player profiles, two mini-games have been created, one for fighting and the other for recycling, which are played after solving a series of pro- posed multiplications. The game will report the hits and misses made in each game, as well as the evolution of the successful answers between the first and last game played. In this way, teachers will be able to evaluate the improvement in the learning of their students’ multiplication tables. Mixing entertainment and Augmented Reality techniques will make this tedious process more enjoyable and attractive for children, greatly im- proving their math skills.