Casual Games and Casual Learning About Human Biological Systems

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 111-126

  Price, C Aaron ^a   Gean, Katherine ^a   Christensen, Claire G ^b   Beheshti, Elham ^c   Pernot, Bryn ^a   Segovia, Gloria ^a   Person, Halcyon ^a   Beasley, Steven ^a   Ward, Patricia ^a  

^a Museum of Science and Industry   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biology education; Casual games; Informal education; Museums; Serious games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955173115     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-015-9580-6     Document Type: Article

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