Teaching construction management through games alone: A detailed investigation

On the Horizon

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 330-344

  Long, G ^a   Mawdesley, M J ^a   Scott, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Civil engineering; Education; Indoor games; Self managed learning; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449108842     PISSN: 10748121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10748120910998443     Document Type: Article

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