Children's choices and strategies in video games

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 532-539

  Hamlen, Karla R ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary school children; Learning strategies; Mixed methods; Motivation; Video games

Indexed keywords

ADVENTURE GAMES; CHI-SQUARE TESTS; ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; FIFTH-GRADE STUDENTS; GENDER DIFFERENCES; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; LEARNING PREFERENCES; LEARNING STRATEGIES; LEARNING STRATEGY; MIXED-METHODS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STUDENT RESPONSE; VIDEO GAME;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MOTIVATION; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 78449277404     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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