'Economists who think like ecologists': Reframing systems thinking in games for learning

E-Learning

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-20

  DeVane, Ben ^a   Durga, Shree ^a   Squire, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 77955723868     PISSN: 17418887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2304/elea.2010.7.1.3     Document Type: Article

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