The effectiveness of three serious games measuring generic learning features

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 83-100

  Bakhuys Roozeboom, Maartje ^a   Visschedijk, Gillian ^a   Oprins, Esther ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDY; CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; GENERIC EVALUATION; LEARNING GOALS; LEARNING OUTCOME; SERIOUS GAMING; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 84940981404     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjet.12342     Document Type: Article

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