Exploring adolescent's STEM learning through scaffolded game design

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, FDG 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-8

  Games, Alex ^a   Kane, Luke ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Engineering; Games; STEM; Systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL THINKINGS; COMPUTER GAME; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; DESIGN STRATEGIES; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL GAME; GAME DESIGN; GAME DESIGNERS; GAMES; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; MICROSOFT; MIDDLE SCHOOL; MULTI-MODAL; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; PROJECT-BASED CURRICULUM; ROLE-PLAYING GAME; SCIENCE , TECHNOLOGY , ENGINEERING , AND MATHEMATICS; STEM; WEB 2.0;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CURRICULA; DESIGN; ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; REVERSE ENGINEERING; STUDENTS; WEBSITES;

TEACHING;

EID: 84858958137     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2159365.2159366     Document Type: Conference Paper

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