Video game learning dynamics: Actionable measures of multidimensional learning trajectories

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 98-122

  Reese, Debbie Denise ^a   Tabachnick, Barbara G ^b   Kosko, Robert E ^b  

^a WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; DYNAMICS; EDUCATION COMPUTING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; JOB ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION;

ANALOGICAL REASONING; COGNITIVE TASK ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMBEDDED ASSESSMENT; HIERARCHICAL LINEAR MODELING; INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LEARNING TRAJECTORIES;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84923020620     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjet.12128     Document Type: Article

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