Why educators should care about : Games

Educational Leadership

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-80

  Barab, Sasha A ^a   Gresalfi, Melissa ^a   Arici, Anna ^b  

^a Cognitive Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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7. Author's note: The work reported in this manuscript was supported by the National Science Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation.