Martian boneyards: Scientific inquiry in an mmo game

International Journal of Game-Based Learning

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-76

  Asbell Clarke, Jodi ^a   Edwards, Teon ^a   Rowe, Elizabeth ^a   Larsen, Jamie ^a   Sylvan, Elisabeth ^a   Hewitt, Jim ^b  

^a TERC ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gaming; Martian boneyard; Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) environment; Scientific inquiry; Virtual learning environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862704247     PISSN: 21556849     EISSN: 21556857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/ijgbl.2012010104     Document Type: Article

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