Investigating the effects of gamification-enhanced flipped learning on undergraduate students’ behavioral and cognitive engagement

Interactive Learning Environments

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2019, Pages 1106-1126

  Huang, Biyun ^a   Hew, Khe Foon ^a   Lo, Chung Kwan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

behavioral engagement; cognitive engagement; Flipped classroom; gamification enhanced; higher education setting

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050339102     PISSN: 10494820     EISSN: 17445191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10494820.2018.1495653     Document Type: Article

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