Aligning problem solving and gameplay: A model for future research and design

Interdisciplinary Models and Tools for Serious Games: Emerging Concepts and Future Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 227-263

  Hung, Woei ^a   Van Eck, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-719-0.ch010     Document Type: Chapter

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