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Book Title: Serious Games: Mechanisms And Effects
Number of Pages: 20 Pages
Publication Name: Serious Games : Mechanisms and Effects
Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2009
Subject: Computers & Technology, Educational Psychology, Communication Studies, General, Video & Electronic, Learning Styles
Item Height: 1.2 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 28.9 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Language Arts & Disciplines, Education, Games & Activities
Author: Michael Cody
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
