Games for learning: Does gender make a difference?

Proceedings of the European Conference on Games-based Learning

Volumn 2008-January, Issue , 2008, Pages 69-76

  Boyle, Elizabeth ^a   Connolly, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Challenge; Competition; Computer games; Gender differences; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938562345     PISSN: 20490992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Review

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