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Creating Games as Authentic Learning in the Information Technology Classroom
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Frydenberg, Mark – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2015
Teaching students to create computer games has become a common practice in both K-12 and tertiary education to introducing programming concepts, increasing student engagement, and recruiting majors and minors in technology fields. This study describes a project where first-year college students in an introductory technology concepts course use a…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Computer Science Education, Programming, Introductory Courses