Students’ perception of Kahoot!’s influence on teaching and learning

Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Licorish, Sherlock A ^a   Owen, Helen E ^a   Daniel, Ben ^a   George, Jade Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Classroom dynamics; Engagement; Game based student response systems; Kahoot!; Learning; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85062230300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17937078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s41039-018-0078-8     Document Type: Article

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