The Arithmomania Maths App: The glitch that corrupted learning to leave only fun. Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kawka, Marta; Larkin, Kevin
• Is Part Of: Journal of curriculum and pedagogy. Volume 15:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 24
• Page End: 42
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: Education -- Curricula -- Periodicals; Teaching -- Periodicals; Education -- Curricula -- United States -- Periodicals; Teaching -- United States -- Periodicals; Education -- Curricula; Teaching; United States; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 375.001
• DOI: 10.1080/15505170.2018.1437576
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1550-5170

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In this article we critique, disrupt and resist the taken for granted use of the term fun in learning; specifically as it is used to justify mathematics education apps that purport to portray maths learning as a fun experience. We accomplish this critique through the creation of a digital artwork called Arithmomania . This artwork challenges how users interact with education apps by employing the aesthetic of the glitch, an aesthetic characterized by reifying disorder and malfunction. Arithmomania shows fun as a miasma to learning, rather than the nostrum it is believed to be.