A systematic literature review to identify empirical evidence on the use of games-based learning in primary education for knowledge acquisition and content understanding

Proceedings of the European Conference on Games-based Learning

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 167-175

  Hainey, Thomas ^a   Connolly, Thomas ^a   Boyle, Elizabeth ^a   Azadegan, Aida ^a   Wilson, Amanda ^a   Razak, Aisya ^a   Gray, Grant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Content understanding; Empirical evidence; Knowledge acquisition; Primary education (PE); Systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

BEHAVIOURAL CHANGES; CONTENT UNDERSTANDING; EDUCATIONAL PROCESS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW; TERTIARY EDUCATION;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84923635846     PISSN: 20490992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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