A case study of the in-class use of a video game for teaching high school history

Computers and Education

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 466-474

  Watson, William R ^a   Mong, Christopher J ^a   Harris, Constance A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interactive learning environments; Secondary education; Simulations; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

DOCUMENT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS; FOCUS GROUPS; HIGH SCHOOL; IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; RURAL SCHOOLS; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SIMULATIONS; SMALL TOWNS; STUDENT-CENTERED; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY; VIDEO GAME; WORLD WAR II;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 78149465046     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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