Effects of the digital game-development approach on elementary school students' learning motivation, problem solving, and learning achievement

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 87-102

  Chu, Hui Chun ^a   Hung, Chun Ming ^b  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Haidong Elementary School   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Digital games; Kodu; Learning achievements; Problem solving; Science learning motives

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GAMES; EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; SOFTWARE DESIGN; STUDENTS;

DEVELOPMENT APPROACH; DIGITAL GAMES; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; KODU; LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT; LEARNING MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS; SCIENCE LEARNING;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84922733498     PISSN: 15393100     EISSN: 15393119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/ijdet.2015010105     Document Type: Article

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