Identity Construction Environments: Developing Personal and Moral Values Through the Design of a Virtual City

Journal of the Learning Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 365-415

  Bers, Marina Umaschi ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035615702     PISSN: 10508406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327809jls1004new_1     Document Type: Article

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