Digital games as a learning tool for children with cognitive disabilities: Literature review and some preliminary methodological and experimental results

European Conference on Games Based Learning, ECGBL 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 233-241

  Saridaki, Maria ^a   Mourlas, Constantinos ^a   Gouscos, Dimitris ^a   Meimaris, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Games based learning; Learning theory; Mental retardation; Pedagogy; Special education

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GAMES; EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; GAME THEORY; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

GAMES-BASED LEARNING; LEARNING THEORY; MENTAL RETARDATION; PEDAGOGY; SPECIAL EDUCATION;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

EID: 84897512216     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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