Design and evaluation of a computer game for the learning of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) concepts by physical education and sport science students

Education and Information Technologies

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 531-554

  Couceiro, Rosana Margarida ^a   Papastergiou, Marina ^b   Kordaki, Maria ^c   Veloso, Ana Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Computer game; Constructivism; Digital game based learning; ICT; Physical education; Sport science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879794518     PISSN: 13602357     EISSN: 15737608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10639-011-9179-3     Document Type: Article

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