A Pedagogy of Play: Integrating Computer Games into the Writing Classroom

Rebekah Shultz Colby University of Denver ; Richard Colby University of Denver
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Computers and Composition
Published
2008-01-01
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10.1016/j.compcom.2008.04.005
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