The use of games-based learning at primary education level within the curriculum for excellence: A combined result of two regional teacher surveys

Proceedings of the European Conference on Games-based Learning

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Razak, Aishah Abdul ^a   Connolly, Thomas ^a   Baxter, Gavin ^a   Hainey, Thomas ^a   Wilson, Amanda ^a  

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

Author keywords

Curriculum for excellence CfE; Empirical evidence; Games based learning; GBL; Primary education; Teacher survey

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM FOR EXCELLENCES; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; GAMES-BASED LEARNING; GBL; PRIMARY EDUCATION;

MOTIVATION; SURVEYS; TEACHING;

CURRICULA;

EID: 84897808375     PISSN: 20490992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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