Impact of online instructional game features on college students' perceived motivational support and cognitive investment: A structural equation modeling study

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-68

  Huang, Wenhao David ^a   Johnson, Tristan E ^b   Han, Seung Hyun Caleb ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive investment; Design; Digital game based learning; Motivational support; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SUPPORT; COLLEGE STUDENTS; COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES; CONVERGING FACTOR; DESIGN MODELS; DIGITAL GAME-BASED LEARNING; DIGITAL GAMES; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; IMMERSIVE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN; E-LEARNING; INVESTMENTS; STUDENTS;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 84870662065     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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