21st century game design: A model and prototype for promoting scientific problem solving

Proceedings of the 12th IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education, CATE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 219-227

  Van Eck, Richard ^a   Hung, Woei ^a   Bowman, Frank ^a   Love, Sherita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational games; Instructional game design; K 12; Problem solving; Science inquiry; Serious games

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL THINKING; DESIGN DOCUMENTS; DESIGN MODELS; EDUCATIONAL GAME; FEEDBACK PRINCIPLE; GAME DESIGN; GAME SCENARIO; GAME SOFTWARE; INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNS; INSTRUCTIONAL GAME DESIGN; LEARNING OUTCOME; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS; PUBLIC EDUCATION; REAL-WORLD; SERIOUS GAMES; SOUND THEORY; SUPPORT LEARNING; TEACHER EDUCATION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN; GAME THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TEACHING;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 77954619616     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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