When a game supports prevocational math education but integrated reflection does not

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 462-480

  ter Vrugte, Judith ^a   de Jong, T ^a   Wouters, P ^b   Vandercruysse, S ^c   Elen, J ^c   van Oostendorp, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Game based learning; Math; Prevocational education; Reflection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941733070     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcal.12104     Document Type: Article

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