Narrative-based learning: Possible benefits and problems

Communications

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 429-447

  Glaser, Manuela ^a   Garsoffky, Bärbel ^a   Schwan, Stephan ^a  

^a KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dramatization; Emotionalization; Fictionalization; Learning; Narratives; Personalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649120550     PISSN: 03412059     EISSN: 16134087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/COMM.2009.026     Document Type: Article

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