Assessment and learning of qualitative physics in Newton's playground

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 423-430

  Shute, Valerie J ^a   Ventura, Matthew ^a   Kim, Yoon Jeon ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

learning in games; qualitative physics; stealth assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885439235     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2013.832970     Document Type: Article

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