Navigating massively multiplayer online games: Evaluating 21st century skills for learning within virtual environments

Journal of Educational Computing Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 473-493

  McCreery, Michael ^a   Schrader, P ^a   Krach, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b TROY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80055005789     PISSN: 07356331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/EC.44.4.f     Document Type: Article

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