Onstage or behind the scenes? Relative learning benefits of simulation role-play and design

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 465-497

  Druckman, Daniel ^a,b   Ebner, Noam ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Winkler Ebner Law Offices   (Israel)

Author keywords

Concept learning; Experiments; Matched pairs; Motivation; Negotiation; Retention; Role playing; Scenario design

Indexed keywords

EID: 56049125303     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878107311377     Document Type: Article

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