Learning for a reason: Supporting forms of engagement by designing tasks and orchestrating environments

Theory into Practice

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 300-310

  Gresalfi, Melissa ^a   Barab, Sasha ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84855769757     PISSN: 00405841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00405841.2011.607391     Document Type: Article

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