Examining the pedagogical foundations of modern educational computer games

Computers and Education

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1729-1743

  Kebritchi, Mansureh ^a   Hirumi, Atsusi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational computer games; Interactive learning environments; Pedagogical issues; Simulations; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; FOUNDATIONS; RESEARCH;

CHICAGO; COMPUTER GAMES; EDUCATIONAL COMPUTER GAMES; EDUCATIONAL GAMES; EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH; FUTURE RESEARCH; INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LEARNING THEORIES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; SELECTION CRITERION; SIMULATIONS; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGIES;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 50049084343     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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