Students designing video games about immunology: Insights for science learning

Computers in the Schools

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 228-240

  Khalili, Neda ^a   Sheridan, Kimberly ^a   Williams, Asia ^a   Clark, Kevin ^a   Stegman, Melanie ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational games; Game design; Game maker; High school; Immune attack; Peer mentoring; Science; STEM; Students making games; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052686958     PISSN: 07380569     EISSN: 15287033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07380569.2011.594988     Document Type: Article

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