How people learn while playing serious games: A computational modelling approach

Journal of Computational Science

Volumn 18, Issue , 2017, Pages 32-45

  Westera, Wim ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flow theory; Learning; Methodology; Modelling; Serious gaming; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS;

FLOW THEORIES; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; SERIOUS GAMING; SIMULATION;

COMPUTATION THEORY;

EID: 85007605548     PISSN: 18777503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocs.2016.12.002     Document Type: Article

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