Young Black Males, Learning and Video Games

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Can video games help bridge the "achievement gap" facing young African American males? "Glitch Game Testers" creator Betsy DiSalvo (Interactive Computing) thinks so. "Game consoles often are the most powerful computational devices and the only Internet-enabled devices in our participants’ homes," she says. Source: DML Central

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College of Computing, School of Interactive Computing

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amy bruckman, betsy disalvo, gaming, glitch, School of Interactive Computing, video game design
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  • Created By: Mike Terrazas
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Feb 18, 2011 - 9:28am
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 10:24pm