Video games in education: Why they should be used and how they are being used

Theory into Practice

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-239

  Annetta, Leonard A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 46349099119     PISSN: 00405841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00405840802153940     Document Type: Article

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