Does fantasy enhance learning in digital games?

Educational Gameplay and Simulation Environments: Case Studies and Lessons Learned

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 84-95

  Asgari, Mahboubeh ^a   Kaufman, David ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-731-2.ch005     Document Type: Chapter

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