Project-based learning for statistical literacy: A gamification approach

Lecture Notes in Educational Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 3-16

  Zhang, Huiyu ^a   Fang, Linda ^a  

^a TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biostatistics; Collaborative learning; Gamification; Motivation; Project based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066928824     PISSN: 21964963     EISSN: 21964971     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-7361-9_1     Document Type: Chapter

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