| Reason Given for Lesson Motivation | Games Units: Mean No. Reasons per Unit | Non-Games Units: Mean No. Reasons per Unit |
| New learning | 5.0 | 6.5 |
| Fun | 5.5 | 5 |
| Knowledge would be used in the future | 2.7 | 5.5 |
| Liked the topic | 2.3 | 5.5 |
| Felt determined | 2.7 | 4.5 |
| Easy | 2.7 | 1 |
| Reason Given for Lack of Motivation |
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| Confusing and difficult | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| Boring or repetitious | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| Little new learning | 3.0 | 2.5 |
| Not interested in the mathematical concepts | 2.0 | 1.0 |