Investigating the characteristics of educational computer games developed for children with autism: A project proposal

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages 825-830

  Cankaya, Serkan ^a   Kuzu, Abdullah ^a  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Education of children with autism; Educational computer games

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951889847     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.12.242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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