The life of a simulation: Programmatic promises and pitfalls

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 126-136

  Damron, Rebecca L ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Context; Curriculum development; Debriefing; Eimulations; English for Academic Purposes; Program evolution; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049171013     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878107308059     Document Type: Article

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