Digital Game based Learning for Undergraduate Calculus Education: Immersion, Calculation, and Conceptual Understanding

International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 13-27

  Lee, Yu Hao ^a   Dunbar, Norah ^b   Kornelson, Keri ^c   Wilson, Scott ^c   Ralston, Ryan ^c   Savic, Milos ^c   Stewart, Sepideh ^c   Lennox, Emily ^c   Thompson, William ^c   Elizondo, Javier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calculus; Digital Game Based Learning; Higher Education; Math; Visual

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER GAMES; E-LEARNING; EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING;

CALCULUS; DIGITAL GAME-BASED LEARNING; HIGHER EDUCATION; MATH; VISUAL;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84961335510     PISSN: 19423888     EISSN: 19423896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/IJGCMS.2016010102     Document Type: Article

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