Improving transfer of learning: Relationship to methods of using business simulation

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-84

  Mayer, Brad W ^a   Dale, Kathleen M ^b   Fraccastoro, Katherine A ^a   Moss, Gisele ^a  

^a LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

business simulation; learning; transfer of learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751494357     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878110376795     Document Type: Article

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