Using virtual environments to motivate students to pursue STEM careers: An expectancy-value model

Immersive Environments, Augmented Realities, and Virtual Worlds: Assessing Future Trends in Education

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 42-56

  Chen, Jason A ^a   Zap, Nick ^b   Dede, Chris ^c  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84898259011     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2670-6.ch003     Document Type: Chapter

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