The effectiveness of adaptive difficulty adjustments on students' motivation and learning in an educational computer game

Computers and Education

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 452-462

  Sampayo Vargas, Sandra ^a   Cope, Chris J ^a   He, Zhen ^a   Byrne, Graeme J ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive difficulty adjustments; Educational computer games; Scaffolding; Secondary education; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE DIFFICULTY ADJUSTMENTS; ADJUSTMENT MECHANISMS; EDUCATIONAL COMPUTER GAME; LEARNING ACTIVITY; MOTIVATION THEORIES; SCAFFOLDING; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY;

COMPUTER GAMES; MOTIVATION; SCAFFOLDS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84883324413     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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