Fostering 21st-Century Skills in Constructivist Engineering Classrooms with Digital Game-Based Learning

Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 143-149

  Nino, Miguel ^a   Evans, Michael A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; constructivism; digital game based learning; engineering education; knowledge; skills; video games

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GAMES; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DECISION MAKING; E-LEARNING; EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TEACHING;

ATTITUDES; CONSTRUCTIVISM; DIGITAL GAME-BASED LEARNING; KNOWLEDGE; SKILLS; VIDEO GAME;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84946741292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19328540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/RITA.2015.2452673     Document Type: Article

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