Investigating the attributes in serious games that contribute to learning

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 1999-2003

  Pavlas, Davin ^a   Bedwell, Wendy ^a   Wooten II, Samuel R ^a   Heyne, Kyle ^a   Salas, Eduardo ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

DIGITAL-LEARNING; GAME PLAYS; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LEARNING OUTCOME; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY;

SERIOUS GAMES;

EID: 77951560131     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1518/107118109x12524444845036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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