A case study of educational game design by kids and for kids

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 5242-5246

  Baytak, Ahmet ^a   Land, Susan M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Constructionism; game design; Learning by design; nutrition education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957706472     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.853     Document Type: Conference Paper

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