A contribution to the understanding of what makes young students genuinely engaged in computer-based learning tasks

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 184-188

  Ott, Michela ^a   Tavella, Mauro ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

attention; computer based learning; games based learning; Motivation; primary school

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649249527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770428     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2009.01.034     Document Type: Article

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