Research objectives
Our research objective is to provide tools digital tools to facilitate learning fractions, one of the most difficult and dreaded concepts in primary school.
Our research hypothesis is that the advantages brought by Augmented Reality can enhance the motivation of children, their autonomy and help understand complex notions related to fractions. The project focusses mainly on one of the main pedagogical challenges: placing a fraction on a number line.
We are currently carrying out experimentations. If you wish to use the applications in your class, please contact .
Project members
Researchers of LIUM(Laboratoire Informatique de L’université du Mans), specialized in Technology Enhanced Learning.
- Iza MARFISI, Associate Professor, LIUM, IUT de Laval
- Sébastien GEORGE, Full Professor, LIUM, IUT de Laval
- Sofiane TOUEL, PhD student, LIUM
Mathematical didacticiens of PlaisirMaths, a company that designs and animates math games in schools and science centers all over France.
- Nicolas PELAY, Dr. in Mathematical didactics, CEO of Plaisir Maths
- Hajar OUBAAQA, educational designer
A group of pilot teachers who participate in identifying the educational challenges, in the design of the fun and educational activities and in testing the applications with their students.
- Anaïs RICHART
- Vanessa MAHE
- Aurélie DERENNE
- Amèle ZOUARI
Interns : Students of Métier du Multimédia et de l’Internet, IUT de Laval.
- Margot GAILLARD
- Léa GARCIA
- Mélodie JANVIER
- Nathan LE LAIN
- Alan RENAULT
- Maïna THOMAS
- Ulysse CHENUT
- Ogier SEROT (Arkan's voice) et Logan SEDON (Ekko's voice)
Scientific articles
Touel, Sofiane, Iza Marfisi-Schottman and Sébastien George. 2020. « Analysis of Mixed Reality Tools for Learning Math in Primary and Secondary School ». In Games and Learning Alliance, édité par Iza Marfisi-Schottman, Francesco Bellotti, Ludovic Hamon, et Roland Klemke, 112‑21. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63464-3_11.
Iza Marfisi-Schottman, Sofiane Touel and Sébastien George. 2020. « Designing a Mixed Reality Extension for an Educational Board Game on Fractions ». International Journal of VirtualReality, 21(1),p47–57, 2021,https://doi.org/10.20870/IJVR.2021.21.1.4784. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63464-3_11.