Substitutive competition: Virtual pets as competitive buffers to alleviate possible negative influence on pupils

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 247-258

  Chen, Zhi Hong ^a   Chou, Chih Yueh ^b   Biswas, Gautam ^c   Chan, Tak Wai ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAME SCENARIO; GAME-BASED LEARNING; LEARNING TASKS; NEGATIVE INFLUENCE; SUBJECT MATERIALS;

MOTIVATION;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EID: 84863120136     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2011.01174.x     Document Type: Article

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