Assessment in simulation and gaming: A review of the last 40 years

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 553-568

  Chin, Jeffrey ^a   Dukes, Richard ^b   Gamson, William ^c  

^a LE MOYNE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency versus structure; Assessment strategies; Educational effectiveness; Educational value; Game assessment; GLOBAL JUSTICE GAME; SIMSOC; Simulation assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749124117     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878109332955     Document Type: Article

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