Educational applications of serious games: The case of the game food force in primary education students

Proceedings of the European Conference on Games-based Learning

Volumn 2011-January, Issue , 2011, Pages 476-485

  Petros, Provelengios ^a   Georgios, Fesakis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Digital games based learning; Engaging learning; Food force; Serious games

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION;

ATTITUDES AND PERCEPTIONS; DIGITAL GAMES; EDUCATIONAL APPLICATIONS; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; ENGAGING LEARNING; KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION; LEARNING EFFECTIVENESS; SERIOUS GAMES;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84912072448     PISSN: 20490992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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