Games in the learning sciences: Reviewing evidence from playing and making games for learning

International Handbook of the Learning Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 276-284

  Fields, Deborah A ^a   Kafai, Yasmin B ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315617572     Document Type: Chapter

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