The game factory: Using cooperative games to promote pro-social behaviour among children

Australian Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 97-109

  Street, Helen ^a   Hoppe, David ^a   Kingsbury, David ^a   Ma, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child behaviour; Classroom intervention; Co operative games; Game Factory

Indexed keywords

EID: 11844264868     PISSN: 14465442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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