Cognitive aspects of creativity: Science learning through serious educational games

Teaching Creatively and Teaching Creativity

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 53-62

  Annetta, Leonard A ^a   Holmes, Shawn Y ^b   Vallett, David ^a   Fee, Matthew ^a   Cheng, Rebecca ^a   Lamb, Richard ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5185-3_4     Document Type: Chapter

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