Gaming in the Classroom: An Innovative Way to Teach Factorial Designs

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 148-152

  Stansbury, Jessica A ^a   Munro, Geoffrey D ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

research methods; teaching; video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878316866     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: 15322802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0098628312475037     Document Type: Review

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