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Whyville is an educational Internet site geared towards children from ages 8–14+ founded and managed by Numedeon Inc. Whyville engages its users in… 
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Review
2016
Review
2016
WhyPower and Careers with Mathematics: How Middle School Students Responded in a Virtual World
Middle school students participated in WhyPower, a virtual power plant activity in Whyville, a learning-based virtual world for… 
2015
2015
Students' Career Interests and Understanding about Occupations: A Study Using Whyville Players' Behavioral Data. Issue Brief.
According to data based on the 2013 ACT®‐tested graduating class,1 62% of students indicated that they needed assistance with… 
2012
2012
Playing the Mysterious Game of Online Love: Examining an Emerging Trend of Limiting § 230 Immunity of the Communications Decency Act and the Effects on E-Dating Websites
2012
2012
TPACK Vernaculars in Social Studies Research
To address the myriad effects that emerge from using technology in social studies, we introduce in this chapter the concept of… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
Emerging contexts for science education: embedding a forensic science game in a virtual world
Advancements in technology are transforming the educational landscape at a rapid pace, impacting educators, students, and… 
2011
2011
THE NATURE OF USING VIRTUAL WORLDS BY A CHILD AS A LEARNING PLATFORM: A Case Study
The development of new technologies is found inevitable and children interests toward online platforms and virtual worlds are… 
2010
2010
Safeguarding Play in Virtual Worlds: Designs and Perspectives on Tween Player Participation in Community Management
Managing problematic interactions in online communities has been a challenge since the days of early text-based, multi-user… 
2009
2009
The Girl Game Company: Engaging Latina Girls in Information Technology.
  • 2009
  • Corpus ID: 148264318
Once logged on, Teresa goes directly into Whyville, the online community where students earn virtual money, dress up an avatar… 
2008
2008
Real arguments about a virtual epidemic: conversations and contestations in a tween gaming club
Recent studies have examined how argumentation around science is positioned and used in everyday interactions. Our research… 
2004
2004
Supporting Inquiry in Science Classrooms with the Web
Abstract This paper focuses on Web-based science inquiry and five representative science learning environments. The discussion… 
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