Young children's play in online virtual worlds

Journal of Early Childhood Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-39

  Marsh, Jackie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Play; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649248898     PISSN: 1476718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476718X09345406     Document Type: Article

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