Mentor modeling: the internalization of modeled professional thinking in an epistemic game.

Players of epistemic games - computer games that simulate professional practica - have been shown to develop epistemic frames: a profession's particular way of seeing and solving problems. This study examined the interactions between players and mentors in one epistemic game, Urban Science. Using a...

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Published in:Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 173 - 190
Main Authors: Nash, Padraig, Shaffer, David Williamson
Format: equations & formulas pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Apr2011
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