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Math game scores with students

A video game contest at Waipahu High serves as a channel for teaching algebra

By Sarah Zoellick

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 09, 2012

~~<p>Fourteen- and 15-year-olds can be a tough crowd &mdash; especially when it comes to math.</p>
<p>But featuring the unpopular subject in an interactive video game and turning it into a competition managed to transform hundreds of Waipahu High School freshmen on Friday morning into a pretty boisterous bunch.</p>
~~

Fourteen- and 15-year-olds can be a tough crowd — especially when it comes to math.

But featuring the unpopular subject in an interactive video game and turning it into a competition managed to transform hundreds of Waipahu High School freshmen on Friday morning into a pretty boisterous bunch. Login for more...



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