Just a game? Gamifying a general science class at university: Collaborative and competitive work implications

Thinking Skills and Creativity

Volumn 26, Issue , 2017, Pages 51-59

  Sánchez Martín, Jesús ^a   Cañada Cañada, Florentina ^a   Dávila Acedo, María Antonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collaborative work; Gamifying; H Index; University Science Education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020867616     PISSN: 18711871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2017.05.003     Document Type: Article

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