Using video game play to improve education-majors' mathematical performance: An experimental study

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 124-130

  Novak, Elena ^a,b   Tassell, Janet ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action video games; Mathematics anxiety; Mathematics learning; Spatial abilities; Working memory

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ACTION VIDEO GAMES; COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE; GROUP DIFFERENCES; MATHEMATICAL PERFORMANCE; MATHEMATICS LEARNING; SPATIAL ABILITIES; UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004; WORKING MEMORY;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84938510117     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.07.001     Document Type: Article

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