Debriefing can reduce misperceptions of feedback: The case of renewable resource management

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 382-397

  Qudrat Ullah, Hassan ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Debriefing; Dynamic decision making; Dynamic task; Heuristics knowledge; Interactive learning environments; Renewable resources; Structural knowledge; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548168648     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878107300669     Document Type: Article

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