Digital Games, Gender and Learning in Engineering: Do Females Benefit as Much as Males?

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 178-185

  Joiner, Richard ^a   Iacovides, Jo ^b   Owen, Martin ^c   Gavin, Carl ^d   Clibbery, Stephen ^d   Darling, Jos ^a   Drew, Ben ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Lateral Visions ^*

^d Lateral Visions   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital games; Engineering; Gender; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953052395     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-010-9244-5     Document Type: Article

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