Presence and middle school students' participation in a virtual game environment to assess science inquiry

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-63

  Schifter, Catherine C ^a   Ketelhut, Diane Jass ^a   Nelson, Brian C ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immersive virtual environments; Middle school; Piaget; Presence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864404367     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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