Focus on the journey, not the destination: Digital games and students with disability

Issues in Educational Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 298-314

  Main, Susan ^a   O’Rourke, John ^a   Morris, Julia ^a   Dunjey, Helen ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 84969543359     PISSN: 03137155     EISSN: 18376290     Source Type: Journal    
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