A Pedagogy of Play: Integrating Computer Games into the Writing Classroom

Computers and Composition

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 300-312

  Shultz Colby, Rebekah ^a   Colby, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Game; Game theory; MMORPG; World of Warcraft; Writing pedagogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 48649107824     PISSN: 87554615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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