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 childre...

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Published in:The Journal of general psychology 2004-04, Vol.131 (2), p.151-158
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Gender differences
Girls
Humans
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Learning
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Sex Factors
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