Effects of game technology on elementary student learning in mathematics

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 540-560

  Shin, Namsoo ^a   Sutherland, Leeann M ^a   Norris, Cathleen A ^b   Soloway, Elliot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCES; DATA SETS; DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS; ELEMENTARY STUDENTS; GAME TECHNOLOGIES; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; REPEATED MEASURES; STUDENT LEARNING; TECHNOLOGY-BASED;

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84859958849     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2011.01197.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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