Formative research for STEM educational games - lessons from the children's television workshop

Zeitschrift fur Psychologie / Journal of Psychology

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 90-97

  Sherry, John L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's television workshop; educational media; Formative research; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883493527     PISSN: 21908370     EISSN: 21512604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/2151-2604/a000134     Document Type: Article

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