A teachable agent game for elementary school mathematics promoting causal reasoning and choice

CEUR Workshop Proceedings

Volumn 587, Issue , 2010, Pages 13-19

  Pareto, Lena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Causal reasoning; Choice; Elementary school; Intelligent game; Mathematics; Metacognition; Teachable agent

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL REASONING; CHOICE; ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; INTELLIGENT GAME; METACOGNITION; TEACHABLE AGENTS;

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES;

TEACHING;

EID: 84888256497     PISSN: 16130073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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