Game assessment: Fun as well as effective

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 527-539

  Desrochers, Marcie N ^a   Pusateri Jr , Michael J ^a   Fink, Herbert C ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 75649093590     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930601116789     Document Type: Article

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