Form one students' engagement with computer games and its effect on their academic achievement in a Malaysian secondary school

Computers and Education

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1082-1091

  Eow, Yee Leng ^a   Ali, Wan Zah bte Wan ^a   Mahmud, Rosnaini bt ^a   Baki, Roselan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Academic achievements; Computer games; Gamers and non gamers; Time spent playing computer games

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS; ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; COMPUTER GAME; COMPUTER GAMES; GAMERS AND NON-GAMERS; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; MALAYSIANS; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; STEP-BY-STEP; TIME SPENT PLAYING COMPUTER GAMES;

STUDENTS;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 69949093437     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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