Students' perceptions about the use of video games in the classroom

Computers and Education

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1145-1156

  Bourgonjon, Jeroen ^a   Valcke, Martin ^a   Soetaert, Ronald ^a   Schellens, Tammy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Interactive learning environments; Media in education; Multimedia hypermedia systems; Pedagogical issues; Secondary education

Indexed keywords

EASE OF USE; GENDER EFFECTS; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING OPPORTUNITY; MEDIA IN EDUCATION; MULTIMEDIA/HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS; PATH MODELS; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; TEACHING AND LEARNING; USE OF VIDEO; VIDEO GAME;

EDUCATION COMPUTING; EDUCATIONAL MOTION PICTURES; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77249164481     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.10.022     Document Type: Article

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