ERIC Number: EJ575926
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1962
The Value of Serious Play.
Rieber, Lloyd P.; Smith, Lola; Noah, David
Educational Technology, v38 n6 p29-37 Nov-Dec 1998
Discussion of the affective domain, learning, and motivation focuses on serious play as a suitable goal for situations requiring learners, both children and adults, to engage in creative higher-order thinking coupled with intense personal commitment and involvement. Suggests that interactive computer games offer opportunities to support serious play for learning. Contains 59 references. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Computer Games, Learning Processes, Play, Student Motivation, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Affective Domain; Interactive Systems
Note: Special Section: "Integrating the Cognitive and Affective Domains of Learning."
