Using mainstream game to teach technology through an interest framework

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-152

  Ting, Yu Liang ^a  

^a ORIENTAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Game technology; Interest framework; Mainstream game; Science teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954287505     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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