Playing with computing technologies in the home

Education and Information Technologies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-79

  Downes, Toni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Exploratory learning; Game playing; Home computing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012520751     PISSN: 13602357     EISSN: 15737608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009607432286     Document Type: Article

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