Building virtual cities, inspiring intelligent citizens: Digital games for developing students' problem solving and learning motivation

Computers and Education

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 365-377

  Yang, Ya Ting Carolyn ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Interactive learning environments; Media in education; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS; COGNITIVE DOMAIN; COMPARISON GROUP; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; CONTROL GROUPS; CREATIVE THINKING; DIGITAL GAME-BASED LEARNING; DIGITAL GAMES; EFFECTIVE LEARNING; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; HIGHER ORDER; HIGHER ORDER ELEMENTS; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING MOTIVATION; MEDIA IN EDUCATION; PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS; PRODUCTIVE TOOLS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY; THINKING SKILLS; TRADITIONAL INSTRUCTION; VIRTUAL CITIES;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84862790143     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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