Multimedia learning with computer games

The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 762-784

  Tobias, Sigmund ^a   Fletcher, J D ^b   Bediou, Benoit ^c   Wind, Alexander P ^a   Chen, Fei ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139547369.037     Document Type: Chapter

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