Bridging realty to virtual reality: Investigating gender effect and student engagement on learning through video game play in an elementary school classroom

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1091-1113

  Annetta, Leonard ^a   Mangrum, Jennifer ^a   Holmes, Shawn ^a   Collazo, Kimberly ^b   Cheng, Meng Tzu ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b West Lee Middle School   (United States)

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EID: 70449592356     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690801968656     Document Type: Article

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