An application of games-based learning within software engineering

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 416-428

  Connolly, Thomas M ^a,b   Stansfield, Mark ^a   Hainey, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of ICT   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GAMES; EDUCATIONALISTS; GAMES-BASED LEARNING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TEACHING;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 34247368078     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2007.00706.x     Document Type: Article

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