Turkish prospective teachers' perceptions regarding the use of computer games with educational features

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 308-321

  Can, Gulfidan ^a   Cagiltay, Kursat ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computer games; Educational games; Prospective teachers; Technology integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 32144462309     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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