Meaningful Play
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Heeter and Winn explore the concept of meaningful play, describe highlights of the Meaningful Play: Designing and studying games that matter conference, and introduce the articles in this issue.
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The Effectiveness of Neurofeedback on Enhancing Cognitive Process Involved in Entrepreneurship Abilities among Primary School Students in District No.3 Tehran
Introduction: The aim of this study is to investigate the entrepreneurial traits of school children in the city of Tehran. Methods: For this purpose, 48 students were selected with an average IQ between 90 and 119. Ranging from 7th to 12th grades, all the subjects were assessed using Nowicki-Strickland’s Locus of Control Scale (N-SLCS), Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT), and Hyperki...
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Meaningful play has served as a useful analytic category for game design researchers. Drawing on Huizinga, who asserted that, "[a]ll play means something," (Huizinga, 1955, p. 1) Salen and Zimmerman set out to construct a productive framework for what they deemed, "meaningful play" (Salen & Zimmerman, 2004, pp. 31-36). In their mobilization of meaningful play, Salen and Zimmerman outline a fram...
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Introduction The ability to express ideas in a computationally meaningful way is becoming an increasingly important skill (National Research Council, 2010, 2011; Papert, 1980, 1993; Wilensky, 2001; Wing, 2006). diSessa (2000) argues that being able to express ideas in a computationally meaningful way can serve as the foundation of a powerful new literacy that will have widespread positive effec...
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