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ERIC Number: EJ595428
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0888-6504
Cognition and Recreational Computer Games: Implications for Educational Technology.
Pillary, Hitendra; Brownlee, Joanne; Wilss, Lynn
Journal of Research on Computing in Education, v32 n1 p203-16 Fall 1999
A qualitative approach was used to examine the cognitive processes students engaged in while playing recreational computer games. Participants were 21 high school students. Results indicated that players practiced complex cognitive processes such as interpreting explicit and implicit information, inductive reasoning, metacognitive analysis, and problem solving. (AEF)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Computer Games, Critical Thinking, Educational Technology, High School Students, Metacognition, Problem Solving, Qualitative Research, Recreational Activities, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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