Moving to the next level: Designing embedded assessments into educational games

Design and Implementation of Educational Games: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 126-140

  Underwood, Jody S ^a   Kruse, Stacy ^a   Jakl, Peter ^a  

^a Pragmatic Solutions Inc   (United States)

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EID: 84860792657     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-781-7.ch009     Document Type: Chapter

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