Flow and cooperative learning in civic game play

New Media and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1321-1338

  Raphael, Chad ^a   Bachen, Christine M ^a   Hernández Ramos, Pedro F ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

civic education; cooperative learning; empathy; ethics; flow; games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870024416     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444812448744     Document Type: Article

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