Effects of constructing versus playing an educational game on student motivation and deep learning strategy use

Computers and Education

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-137

  Vos, Nienke ^a   Van Der Meijden, Henny ^a   Denessen, Eddie ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elementary education; Games; Interactive learning environments; Learning strategies; Media in education

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; GAMES; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LEARNING STRATEGY; MEDIA IN EDUCATION;

DRAG; DROPS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MOTIVATION; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77958067462     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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