Digital literacies for the disengaged: Creating after school contexts to support boys' game-based literacy skills

On the Horizon

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-59

  Steinkuehler, Constance ^a   King, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Boys; Case studies; Indoor games; Internet; Learning; Literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 59949085096     PISSN: 10748121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10748120910936144     Document Type: Article

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