Investigating elementary school students' technology acceptance by applying digital game-based learning to environmental education

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-110

  Cheng, Yuh Ming ^a   Lou, Shi Jer ^b   Kuo, Sheng Huang ^a   Shih, Ru Chu ^b  

^a SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84886067963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14495554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14742/ajet.65     Document Type: Article

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