Stimulating students’ engagement in mathematics courses in non-STEM academic programmes: A game-based learning

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 57-65

  Gil Doménech, Dolors ^a   Berbegal Mirabent, Jasmina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

active learning; game based learning; Higher education; mathematics; teaching practices; teamwork; university mathematics education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019540811     PISSN: 14703297     EISSN: 14703300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2017.1330159     Document Type: Article

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