Play games or study? Computer games in eBooks to learn English vocabulary

Computers and Education

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 274-286

  Smith, Glenn Gordon ^a   Li, Mimi ^a   Drobisz, Jack ^a   Park, Ho Ryong ^b   Kim, Deoksoon ^a   Smith, Stanley Dana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer games; eBooks; English as a foreign language; Instructional design; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE STUDENTS; E-BOOKS; ENGLISH-AS-A-FOREIGN-LANGUAGE; GAME PLAYING; INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNS; MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS; STUDY METHODS; VOCABULARY;

COMPUTER GAMES; ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84882422274     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2013.07.015     Document Type: Article

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