Developing a problem-based learning simulation: An economics unit on trade

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 488-498

  Maxwell, Nan L ^a   Mergendoller, John R ^b   Bellisimo, Yolanda ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

^c Department of English   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextualized learning; Economics simulation; Problem based learning; Student directed learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844560986     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878104264789     Document Type: Article

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