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[email protected] FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE EARTHQUAKE REBUILD: A GAME FOR THE STEALTH LEARNING OF MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH By DANIAL SMITH A Thesis submitted to the Department of Scientific Computing in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science Degree Awarded: Fall Semester, 2014 Copyright c 2014 Danial Smith. All Rights Reserved. Danial Smith defended this thesis on November 14th, 2014. The members of the supervisory committee were: Gordon Erlebacher Professor Directing Thesis John Burkhardt Committee Member Fengfeng Ke Committee Member Shachin Shanbhag Committee Member The Graduate School has verified and approved the above-named committee members, and certifies that the thesis has been approved in accordance with university requirements. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS ListofTables.......................................... ... v ListofFigures ......................................... ... vi Abstract............................................. vii 1 Motivation 1 1.1 USMathematics ...................................... 1 1.2 VideoGames ........................................ 2 1.3 Educational Games . 3 1.3.1 Tangential Learning Opportunities in Games . 4 1.3.2 Gamification . 4 1.3.3 ThePerfectBlend ................................