Engagement Through Praxis in Educational Game Design: Common Threads

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 471-490

  Ruggiero, Dana ^a   Watson, William R ^b  

^a BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

content; context; engagement; feedback; game design; learning; motivation; praxis; reflection; reflective practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921489203     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878114553570     Document Type: Article

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