The validity of games

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-30

  Peters, Vincent ^a   Vissers, Geert ^b   Heijne, Gerton ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Municipality of Enschede   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education; Game design; Gaming; Research; Simulation; Threats for validity; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001822461     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878198291003     Document Type: Article

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