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Dienes’ Stages Application in “Adventure Time!”
Free Play (Exploration)
Players explore the game
mechanics (rolling dice, moving
along the board, encountering
time challenges) without
pressure to perform
calculations immediately.
Structured Play (Guided
Exploration)
Players engage in time-based
questions (e.g., “If it is 3:45
PM now, what time will it be
in 2 hours?”) within the
adventure, reinforcing logical
reasoning and time operations.
with Dienes’ Cognitive
Theory
Dienes proposed four stages of learning
mathematics: