The effect of simulation games on the learning of computational problem solving

Computers and Education

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1907-1918

  Liu, Chen Chung ^a   Cheng, Yuan Bang ^a   Huang, Chia Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flow experience; Game based learning; Problem solving; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL REASONING; COMPUTATIONAL PROBLEM; FLOW EXPERIENCE; FLOW STATE; GAME-BASED LEARNING; INTRINSIC MOTIVATION; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; SIMULATION; SIMULATION GAMES; STUDENTS' LEARNING EXPERIENCES;

FELT; FLOW SIMULATION; STUDENTS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 80955175494     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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