When people get in the way: Promoting civic thinking through epistemic gameplay

International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-52

  Bagley, Elizabeth ^a   Shaffer, David Williamson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic thinking; Epistemic gameplay; Urban science game

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; URBAN PLANNING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CIVIC THINKING; COMPLEX DOMAINS; ECOLOGICAL PROBLEM; GAMEPLAY; REAL-WORLD PROBLEM SOLVING; ROLE-PLAYING GAME; URBAN SCIENCE GAME; WAYS OF THINKING;

COMPUTER GAMES;

EID: 77949922318     PISSN: 19423888     EISSN: 19423896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgcms.2009010103     Document Type: Article

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