More than just fun and games: Assessing the value of educational video games in the classroom

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1375-1378

  Lee, Jeremy ^a   Luchini, Kathleen ^a   Michael, Benjamin ^a   Norris, Cathie ^b   Soloway, Elliot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Gameboy; Handhelds; Learner Centered Design

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL VIDEO GAMES; GAMEBOY; HANDHELDS; LEARNER-CENTERED; PRELIMINARY STUDIES; QUALITATIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE BENEFITS; SOFTWARE SKILLS;

EDUCATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84876771011     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/985921.986068     Document Type: Conference Paper

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