Cognition and recreational computer games: Implications for educational technology

Journal of Research on Computing in Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 203-216

  Pillay, Hitendra ^a   Brownlee, Joanne ^a   Wilss, Lynn ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive; Computer games; Graphical problem solving; Learning; Processes; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249099880     PISSN: 08886504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08886504.1999.10782624     Document Type: Article

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