"Let the players play!" & other earnest remarks about videogame authorship

Learning in the Disciplines: ICLS 2010 Conference Proceedings - 9th International Conference of the Learning Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 166-173

  Teske, Paul ^a   Fristoe, Teale ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EXPLORATORY CASE STUDIES; FORMAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; GAME PLAYERS; MIDDLE SCHOOL; SUMMER CAMP; VIDEO GAME; VISUAL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES;

VISUAL LANGUAGES;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 84880540397     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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