Business simulations and cognitive learning: Developments, desires, and future directions

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-216

  Anderson, Philip H ^a   Lawton, Leigh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Attitudes; Benefits; Business simulations; Cognitive learning; Computerized simulation; Educational outcomes; Objective evidence; Objective measures; Perceptions; Progress

Indexed keywords

EID: 63449139517     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878108321624     Document Type: Article

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