Promoting science learning in game-based learning with question prompts and feedback

Computers and Education

Volumn 103, Issue , 2016, Pages 134-143

  Law, Victor ^a   Chen, Ching Huei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Feedback; Game based learning; Question prompts; Science learning

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; FEEDBACK; STUDENTS;

FEEDBACK TYPE; GAME-BASED LEARNING; GAME-BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; INTERACTION EFFECT; QUESTION PROMPTS; SCIENCE LEARNING; SECONDARY SCHOOLS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 84992221651     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2016.10.005     Document Type: Article

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