Learning with quizzes, simulations, and adventures: Students' attitudes, perceptions and intentions to learn with different types of serious games

Computers and Education

Volumn 88, Issue , 2015, Pages 160-168

  Riemer, Valentin ^a   Schrader, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward media; Interactive learning environments; Media in education; Scale development; Serious games

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; STUDENTS;

ATTITUDES TOWARD MEDIA; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MEDIA IN EDUCATION; SCALE DEVELOPMENT; SERIOUS GAMES;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84930638050     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2015.05.003     Document Type: Article

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