The power of play: The effects of Portal 2 and Lumosity on cognitive and noncognitive skills

Computers and Education

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 58-67

  Shute, Valerie J ^a   Ventura, Matthew ^a   Ke, Fengfeng ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Persistence; Problem solving; Spatial skills; Videogames

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENCE; SPATIAL SKILLS; VIDEO GAME;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84907195321     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2014.08.013     Document Type: Article

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