The influence of the level of free-choice learning activities on the use of an educational computer game

Computers and Education

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 80-90

  Barendregt, Wolmet ^a   Bekker, Tilde M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elementary education; Interactive learning environments; Motivation; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GAME; EDUCATIONAL COMPUTER GAME; EDUCATIONAL GAME; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; FORMAL LEARNING; FREE-CHOICE LEARNING; IN-SITU; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING CONTENTS; LEARNING ENGLISH; SKILL-BASED GAMES; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MOTIVATION;

TEACHING;

EID: 77958002710     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.08.018     Document Type: Article

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