Embedding diagnostic mechanisms in a digital game for learning mathematics

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 187-207

  Huang, Yueh Min ^a   Huang, Shu Hsien ^a   Wu, Ting Ting ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ARCS motivation theory; Diagnostic mechanism; Digital game based learning; Mathematics anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897061659     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-013-9315-4     Document Type: Article

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