Boys' and Girls' Use of Cognitive Strategy When Learning to Play Video Games.
The authors examined gender differences in the cognitive strategies that children use when they learn how to play a video game. They interviewed 2nd-and 5th-grade boys and girls about how often they played video games and what they did when learning how to play a video game." The children's response...
| Published in: | Journal of General Psychology Vol. 131; no. 2; pp. 151 - 159 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
April 2004
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