Digital games and learning: a study of preservice teachers' perceptions

International Journal of Play

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 101-116

  Li, Qing ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

affordances; constraints; enactivism; game based learning; learning by game design; perceptions; preservice teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016154815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21594953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21594937.2013.817105     Document Type: Article

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