Boys' and girls' computer activities and learning in internet cafés

International Journal of Learning

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 169-178

  Solomonidou, Christina ^a   Mitsaki, Athina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Computer gaming; Gender differences; Internet caf s; On line gaming; Racing and violence computer games

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951137127     PISSN: 14479494     EISSN: 14479540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18848/1447-9494/cgp/v16i11/46698     Document Type: Article

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