Playing and making games for learning: Instructionist and constructionist perspectives for game studies

Games and Culture

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-40

  Kafai, Yasmin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructionism; Design; Educational game; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751179311     PISSN: 15554120     EISSN: 15554139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1555412005281767     Document Type: Article

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