Problem-based educational games: Connections, prescriptions, and assessment

Journal of Interactive Learning Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 663-684

  Walker, Andrew ^a   Shelton, Brett E ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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