Mobile game-based learning in secondary education: engagement, motivation and learning in a mobile city game: Original article

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 332-344

  Huizenga, J ^a   Admiraal, W ^a   Akkerman, S ^a   Ten Dam, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Engagement; Game based learning; Learning effects; Location based technology; Mobile History game; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149139479     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2009.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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