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Reading Games
Author(s) -
Kozdras Deborah,
Joseph Christine,
Schneider Jenifer Jasinski
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the reading teacher
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.642
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1936-2714
pISSN - 0034-0561
DOI - 10.1002/trtr.1413
Subject(s) - reading (process) , vocabulary , multimedia , psychology , discipline , mathematics education , literacy , visual literacy , computer science , pedagogy , linguistics , sociology , social science , philosophy
In this article, we describe how literacy strategies can be adapted for playing (and reading) video games—games that embed disciplinary content in multimedia texts. Using close viewing and guided playing strategies with online games and simulations, we share ideas for helping students navigate and comprehend multimedia texts in order to learn discipline‐specific vocabulary and concepts.