Designing game-based learning environments for elementary science education: A narrative-centered learning perspective

Information Sciences

Volumn 264, Issue , 2014, Pages 4-18

  Lester, James C ^a   Spires, Hiller A ^a   Nietfeld, John L ^a   Minogue, James ^a   Mott, Bradford W ^a   Lobene, Eleni V ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Game based learning; Narrative centered learning; Science education; Serious games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894486887     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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