UbiqBio: Adoptions and Outcomes of Mobile Biology Games in the Ecology of School

Computers in the Schools

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 43-64

  Perry, Judy ^a   Klopfer, Eric ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

biology; casual game(s); games; mobile; science; simulation; smart phone

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; SMARTPHONES; TEACHING;

CASUAL GAMES; GAMES; MOBILE; SCIENCE; SIMULATION;

CURRICULA;

EID: 84898935009     PISSN: 07380569     EISSN: 15287033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07380569.2014.879771     Document Type: Article

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