Winecon: An evaluation

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 221-231

  MacDonald, Ziggy ^a   Shields, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer based learning; Evaluation; Introductory economics; WinEcon

Indexed keywords

EID: 0942292693     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6419.00053     Document Type: Review

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