To game or not to game?

IEEE Software

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 92-94

  von Wangenheim, Christiane Gresse ^a,b   Shull, Forrest ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c Fraunhofer USA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Game based learning; Software engineering education; Software management; Software simulation

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE LEARNING; EFFECTIVE TEACHINGS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES; GAME-BASED LEARNING; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PEDAGOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING EDUCATION; SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE SIMULATION; TEACHING METHODS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; TEACHING;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 63249123545     PISSN: 07407459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MS.2009.54     Document Type: Article

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