Perspective making: Constructivism as a meaning-making structure for simulation gaming

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-67

  Lainema, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Computer based systems; Constructivism; Debriefing; Designing simulation games; Experiential learning; Learning theories; Research; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649094622     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878107308074     Document Type: Article

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