Can we play a game now? The intrinsic benefits of TGfU

European Journal of Physical and Health Education

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 57-63

  Jones, Ruan J A ^a   Marshall, Stephanie ^b   Peters, Derek M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Nunnery Wood High School   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Affect; Creativity; Intrinsic motivation; Teaching games for understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871754784     PISSN: 20808003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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