Visual-interactive business games: Design and pedagogical effects

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 33-40

  Sedbrook, Tod A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS GAMES; CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION; CONTROL GROUPS; DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; VISUAL COMPONENTS;

DESIGN; EDUCATION COMPUTING; QUALITY CONTROL; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 0032396360     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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