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Minds in Play: Computer Game Design as a Context for Children's Learning

by Yasmin B. Kafai. 339 pgs.

Contributors:

   Yasmin B. Kafai

Publisher:

   Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

Place of Publication:

  Hillsdale, NJ  

Publication Year:

  1995

Subjects:

Computer-Assisted Instruction--United States--Authoring Programs--Case Studies, Logo (Computer Program Language)--Case Studies, Microcomputers--United States--Programming--Case Studies, Video Games--United States--Case Studies, Constructivism (Education)--Case Studies

	Contents
	Preface Seymour Papert	ix
	Introduction	xiii
	Chapter 1 • Learning Through Design: Review of Theory and Research Issues	1
	Research Issues Pursued in the Game Design Project	1
	Review of Theory: Learning through Design	6
	Review of Research: Learning of Logo Programming and Fractions	17
	Chapter 2 • Creating and Researching the Learning Environment	30
	Creating the Learning Environment: Game Design Project	30
	Researching the Learning Environment	37
	Chapter 3 • Project Evolution	51
	Evolution of Game Ideas	52
	Design Styles	70
	Discussion of Project Evolution	83
	Chapter 4 • Case Studies of Game Designers	88
	Amy as a Game Designer	90
	Sid as a Game Designer	149
	Albert as a Game Designer	199
	Chapter 5 • Learning Through Design: A Comparative Evaluation	246
	Results of the Comparative Evaluation	249
	Discussion of Results from the Comparative Evaluation	267
	Chapter 6 • Discussion of Conclusions	286
1.	Making Games for Learning	288
2.	Individual Styles Developing over Time	290
3.	Learning Culture of the Game Design Project	293
4.	Learning about "Learning through Design"	296
5.	Programming as a Tool for Personal Expression and Knowledge Reformulation	298
6.	Constructing Mathematical Representations for Learning	301
7.	Some Thoughts about Future Computational Learning Environments for Young Designers	304
	Coda	310
	Acknowledgments	311
	References	314
	Author Index	325
	Subject Index	331

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