Psychological theory and the gamification of learning

Gamification in Education and Business

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 165-186

  Landers, Richard N ^a   Bauer, Kristina N ^b   Callan, Rachel C ^a   Armstrong, Michael B ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectancy; Gamification motivation; Goal setting; Psychological theory; Self determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926471933     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-10208-5_9     Document Type: Chapter

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