The effect of surprising events in a serious game on learning mathematics

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 860-877

  Wouters, Pieter ^a   van Oostendorp, Herre ^a   ter Vrugte, Judith ^b   vanderCruysse, Sylke ^c   de Jong, Ton ^b   Elen, Jan ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; SERIOUS GAMES;

COGNITIVE PROCESS; EMOTIONAL REACTIONS; EXPOSED TO; GAME-BASED LEARNING; LEARNING MATHEMATICS; NON-PLAYING CHARACTERS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 85017119317     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjet.12458     Document Type: Article

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