The idea storming cube: Evaluating the effects of using game and computer agent to support divergent thinking

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 180-191

  Huang, Chun Chieh ^a,b   Yeh, Ting Kuang ^b,c   Li, Tsai Yen ^a   Chang, Chun Yen ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brainstorming; Divergent thinking; Game based environment; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650288247     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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