Animal companions: Fostering children's effort-making by nurturing virtual pets

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 166-180

  Chen, Zhi Hong ^a   Liao, Calvin ^a   Chien, Tzu Chao ^a   Chan, Tak Wai ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN RATIONALE; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; RESEARCH FIELDS; SYSTEM USABILITY; TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING; VIRTUAL CHARACTER;

ANIMALS;

TEACHING;

EID: 79251494777     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2009.01003.x     Document Type: Article

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