Assessing twenty-first century skills through a teacher created video game for high school biology students

Research in Science and Technological Education

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-114

  Annetta, Leonard A ^a   Cheng, Meng Tzu ^a   Holmes, Shawn ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biology; Genetics; Twenty first century skills; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958177907     PISSN: 02635143     EISSN: 14701138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02635141003748358     Document Type: Article

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