A look inside a MUVE design process: Blending instructional design and game principles to target writing skills

Journal of Educational Computing Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-321

  Warren, Scott ^a   Stein, Richard ^b   Dondlinger, Mary ^a   Barab, Sasha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 69149094423     PISSN: 07356331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/EC.40.3.c     Document Type: Article

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