Empowering students through digital game authorship: Enhancing concentration, critical thinking, and academic achievement

Computers and Education

Volumn 68, Issue , 2013, Pages 334-344

  Carolyn Yang, Ya Ting ^a   Chang, Chao Hsiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Applications in subject areas; Authoring tools and methods; Cooperative collaborative learning; Interdisciplinary projects; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS IN SUBJECT AREAS; AUTHORING TOOLS AND METHODS; COOPERATIVE/COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY;

COMPUTER GAMES; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; CURRICULA; WEBSITES;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84879314302     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2013.05.023     Document Type: Article

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