A Meta-Analysis of Use of Serious Games in Education over a Decade

International Journal of Computer Games Technology

Volumn 2019, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Zhonggen, Yu ^a  

^a BEIJING LANGUAGE AND CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

INTERDISCIPLINARY COOPERATIONS; MEDICAL SCIENCE; META ANALYSIS;

SERIOUS GAMES;

EID: 85062359431     PISSN: 16877047     EISSN: 16877055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2019/4797032     Document Type: Review

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