K-12 teachers encounter digital games: a qualitative investigation of teachers' perceptions of the potential of digital games for K-12 education

Interactive Learning Environments

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 485-495

  Dickey, Michele D ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

games; learning; play; teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931573504     PISSN: 10494820     EISSN: 17445191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10494820.2013.788036     Document Type: Article

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