The relative effectiveness of digital game-based learning types in English as a foreign language setting: A meta-analysis

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Chiu, Yi Hui ^a   Kao, Chian Wen ^b   Reynolds, Barry Lee ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT; DIGITAL GAME-BASED LEARNING; EFFECT SIZE; ENGLISH-AS-A-FOREIGN-LANGUAGE; HONG-KONG; META-ANALYSIS; RANDOM EFFECTS MODEL; STATISTICAL DATAS; STATISTICAL MODELS;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 84863321174     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2012.01295.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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