Participatory evaluation of an educational game for social skills acquisition

Computers and Education

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 70-80

  Tan, Jean Lee ^a   Goh, Dion Hoe Lian ^a   Ang, Rebecca P ^a   Huan, Vivien S ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Educational games; Heuristic evaluation; Instructional design; Participatory design

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL GAME; GAME DESIGN; GAME-BASED; HEURISTIC EVALUATION; INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNS; INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS; INTERACTIVE SYSTEM; PARTICIPATORY DESIGN; PLAYABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS; SOCIAL SKILLS; YOUNG USER;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 84873936156     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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