Information trails: In-process assessment of game-based learning

Assessment in Game-Based Learning: Foundations, Innovations, and Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 123-144

  Loh, Christian S ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84955339829     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3546-4_8     Document Type: Chapter

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