Students' attitudes toward playing games and using games in education: Comparing Scotland and the Netherlands

Computers and Education

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 474-484

  Hainey, Thomas ^a   Westera, Wim ^b   Connolly, Thomas M ^a   Boyle, Liz ^a   Baxter, Gavin ^a   Beeby, Richard B ^a   Soflano, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Computer games; Education; Empirical evidence; Motivations

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPETITION AND COOPERATION; CROSS-NATIONAL; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; HIGHER EDUCATION; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; TEACHING AND LEARNING;

COMPUTER GAMES; DISTANCE EDUCATION; EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84883430929     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2013.07.023     Document Type: Article

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