"Games are made for fun": Lessons on the effects of concept maps in the classroom use of computer games

Computers and Education

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 604-615

  Charsky, Dennis ^a   Ressler, William ^a  

^a ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Improving classroom teaching; Interactive learning environments; Secondary education; Simulations; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

IMPROVING CLASSROOM TEACHING; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SIMULATIONS; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EDUCATION COMPUTING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MOTIVATION; SCAFFOLDS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 78650172960     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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