Effects of gender differences and spatial abilities within a digital pentominoes game

Computers and Education

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1220-1233

  Yang, Jie Chi ^a   Chen, Sherry Y ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital game based learning; Gender differences; Geometric learning; Human factors; Pentominoes; Spatial ability

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL GAME-BASED LEARNING; DIGITAL GAMES; GENDER DIFFERENCES; HUMAN FACTORS; MENTAL ROTATION; SPATIAL ABILITIES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GEOMETRY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER CRIME;

EID: 77955557872     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.05.019     Document Type: Article

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