Use of commercial games for educational purposes: Will today's teacher candidates use them in the future?

2005-11-30
Bakar, Aysegul
Inal, Yavuz
Çağıltay, Kürşat

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A. Bakar, Y. Inal, and K. Çağıltay, “Use of commercial games for educational purposes: Will today’s teacher candidates use them in the future?,” 2005, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84906974191&origin=inward.