Using a serious game to motivate high school students to want to learn about history

<p> Serious games are games, whose primary goal is not entertainment, but instead education (Michael & Chen, 2005). They have the capability of presenting the educational material into a way that is more engaging than traditional classroom instruction. The researcher has decided to dev...

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Main Author:	Petkov, Marin M.
Language:	EN
Published:	Purdue University 2016
Subjects:	Social sciences education\|Educational technology
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Using a serious game to motivate high school students to want to learn about history

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