How Computer Games Help Children Learn.
Title:
How Computer Games Help Children Learn.
Author:
Shaffer, D.
ISBN:
9780230601994
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (257 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Epistemology: The Debating Game -- Chapter Two. Knowledge: Digital Zoo -- Chapter Three. Skills: Escher's World -- Chapter Four. Values: The Pandora Project -- Chapter Five. Identity: science.net -- Chapter Six. The future: Urban Science -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract:
Aims to offer a different way of looking at school, technology, as well as thinking. This title looks at how particular video and computer games can help teach our children and students to think like doctors, lawyers, engineers, urban planners, journalists, and other professionals.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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