Funexpected Math is a beautiful interactive world for kids aged 3-7 featuring a growing collection of math-related games that teach various types of thinking and improve learning skills. We aim to teach kids to experiment, make their own decisions, use their logical thinking, see patterns and feel comfortable with new problems and tasks. And we use design to support our goals. Our app is a mistake-friendly environment where children can travel to various countries and choose mini-games they like. All games are divided into 5 big themes: Number sense, Geometry and Spatial skills, Logic, Algorithms, and Puzzles. Every game played changes the world of the app a little bit. And kids can see and enjoy the results of their efforts.

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In this work we suggested to harness the power of knowledge-seeking positive experiences, engagement and curiosity the objects perceived as magical carry in themselves by combining them with pop-cultural reference and neuroscience in order to derive a novel intervention to foster a growth mindset in children of 8-12 years old. We created “Magic Hat 2.0”, a wearable system in the form- factor of different masks, artifacts and objects from sci-fi and pop-cultural references like Avengers or Star Wars. All the artifacts were fitted with a commercially available EEG headband. We designed and conducted a study to investigate the effect of using a “Magic Hat 2.0” to foster children’s mindset. Our results suggest that interacting with a “Magic Hat 2.0” (limited by classification accuracy and recording factors) has a positive impact on children’s mindset as expressed through their communicated beliefs and task- based behaviors. Though our study should be considered and treated as a preliminary

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FSP 9208 Eva Brooks

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FSP 4875 Cagiltay

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FSP 3795 McEwan

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Demo Fritz

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