The tournament concept in assessment

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-28

  Thavikulwat, Precha ^a   Pillutla, Sharma ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Business simulation; Consumption; Gaming simulation; Total economy; Total enterprise; Tournament; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950090722     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878103261915     Document Type: Article

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