Problem-Based Learning as the Backbone for Educational Game Design

Serious Educational Games: from Theory to Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 57-63

  Cook, Michelle ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77953824486     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1163/9789087903817_007     Document Type: Chapter

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