Video games in education: Opportunities for learning beyond research claims and advertising hype

Design and Implementation of Educational Games: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 293-314

  Schrader, P G ^a   Lawless, Kimberly A ^b   Deniz, Hasan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-781-7.ch020     Document Type: Chapter

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