Visualizing decision trees in games to support children's analytic reasoning: Any negative effects on gameplay?

International Journal of Computer Games Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sedig, Kamran ^a   Haworth, Robert ^a   Tagh Bostani, Sousan Sheida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL THINKING; DIGITAL GAMES; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; HIGHER ORDER; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; THOUGHT PROCESS;

COMPUTER CRIME; DECISION TREES; VISUALIZATION;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 78651537137     PISSN: 16877047     EISSN: 16877055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/578784     Document Type: Article

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