Prevalence of Direct and Emergent Schema and Change after Play

• Published in: Informatics in education Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 183 - 212
• Main Authors: MARTIN, Kit, HORN, Michael, Wilensky, Uri
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vilnius Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla 01.01.2019; Vilnius University Press; Institute of Mathematics and Informatics; Vilnius University
• Subjects: Animal Behavior; ants; Classrooms; College Science; Complex systems; Computer & video games; Computer Games; Computer Uses in Education; Constructivism (Learning); Developmental psychology; Education; Educational Change; Educational Facilities Improvement; Educational psychology; Educational Research; emergent schema; Entomology; Exhibits; Game Based Learning; Human behavior; Incidence; Influence of Technology; Informal Education; informal learning; innovative computing education; Insects; Instructional Improvement; Mathematics Education; Museums; Programming; Schemata (Cognition); Science Education; Science Instruction; Time; tools and technologies; Video Games; informal learning; ants; complex systems; emergent schema; innovative computing education; tools and technologies

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