The importance and use of targeted content knowledge with scaffolding aid in educational simulation games

Interactive Learning Environments

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 116-128

  Tsai, Fu Hsing ^a   Kinzer, Charles ^b   Hung, Kuo Hsun ^b   Chen, Cheng Ling Alice ^b   Hsu, I Ying ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

educational simulation games; scaffolding aid; targeted content knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875834871     PISSN: 10494820     EISSN: 17445191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10494820.2012.705852     Document Type: Article

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