The learning toolkit: The design, development, testing and dissemination of evidence based educational software

Design and Implementation of Educational Games: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 168-187

  Abrami, Philip C ^a   Savage, Robert S ^b   Deleveaux, Gia ^c   Wade, Anne ^c   Meyer, Elizabeth ^c   LeBel, Catherine ^c  

^a Systematic Reviews Project Manager Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

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EID: 84898494799     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-781-7.ch012     Document Type: Chapter

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