Game–like learning: An example of situated learning and implications for opportunity to learn

Assessment, Equity, and Opportunity to Learn

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 200-221

  Gee, James Paul ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511802157.009     Document Type: Chapter

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