Why Educational Video Games?

Serious Educational Games: from Theory to Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-11

  Annetta, Leonard A ^a   Cheng, Meng Tzu ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85142562708     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1163/9789087903817_002     Document Type: Chapter

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