The brain-boosting benefits of gaming / Arie Kaplan.
Details some of the educational benefits of playing video games and looks at how they are being used to help soldiers, medical professionals, pilots, businesspeople, and other professional excel at their trades.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781467712514
- ISBN: 1467712515
- Physical Description: 32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Company, [2014]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 30) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | How Video Games Teach 6 -- A Super-Quick History of Educational Games 10 -- Gaming for Grades: Games in Schools 14 -- Soldier Software: Games for the Military 16 -- Under the (Virtual) Knife: Games and Surgeons 18 -- History in Action: Games That Teach History 20 -- Sky School: Learning to Fly with Video Games 22 -- In Good Company: How Corporations Use Games 24 -- Are Wii Fit or Not?: Exercising Your Brain and Body 26 -- Game School: Three Subjects You Can Learn with Games 28. |
| Target Audience Note: | 860L Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.5 1 159773. |
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| Subject: | Video games > Juvenile literature. |
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Available copies
- 6 of 6 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Library | JUV 794.8 KAP (Text) | 37810435106595 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
