A narrative literature review of games, animations and simulations to teach research methods and statistics

Computers and Education

Volumn 74, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-14

  Boyle, Elizabeth A ^a   Macarthur, Ewan W ^a   Connolly, Thomas M ^a   Hainey, Thomas ^a   Manea, Madalina ^b   Kärki, Anne ^c   Van Rosmalen, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

^c SATAKUNTA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animations; Games; Research methods; Simulations; Statistics

Indexed keywords

SERIOUS GAMES; STATISTICS; STUDENTS;

DIGITAL GAMES; GAME-BASED APPROACHES; GAMES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; SEARCH TERMS; SIMULATIONS;

ANIMATION;

EID: 84893923125     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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