How and What do Videogames Teach?

Children's Learning in a Digital World

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 64-84

  Swing, Edward L ^a   Anderson, Craig A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral tendencies U.S. Army; General learning model; Television shows; Videogames

Indexed keywords

EID: 66149154127     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696682.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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