Digital games-based learning for students with intellectual disability

Games-Based Learning Advancements for Multi-Sensory Human Computer Interfaces: Techniques and Effective Practices

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 304-325

  Saridaki, Maria ^a   Gouscos, Dimitris ^a   Meimaris, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 84880705579     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-360-9.ch018     Document Type: Chapter

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