Teacher candidate responses to digital games: 21st-century skills development

Journal of Research on Technology in Education

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 409-425

  Sardone, Nancy B ^a   Devlin Scherer, Roberta ^b  

^a GEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

21st century learning skills; Digital learning games; Educational innovations; New pedagogies; Teacher candidates

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008758949     PISSN: 15391523     EISSN: 19450818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15391523.2010.10782558     Document Type: Article

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