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Mohanarajah, Selvarajah; Sritharan, Thambithurai – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2022
Aim/Purpose: The key objective of this research is to examine whether fix-and-play educational games improve students' performance in learning programming languages. We also quantified the flow experiences of the students and analyzed how the flow contributes to their academic performances. Background: Traditionally, learning the first computer…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Educational Games, Programming, Learner Engagement
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Cuervo-Cely, Karen D.; Restrepo-Calle, Felipe; Ramírez-Echeverry, Jhon J. – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2022
Aim/Purpose: The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of computer-assisted gamification on the learning motivation of computer programming students. Background: The teaching-learning of computer programming involves challenges that imply using learning environments in which the student is actively involved. Gamification is an…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Student Motivation, Computer Science Education, Programming
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Berssanette, João Henrique; de Francisco, Antonio Carlos – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2021
Aim/Purpose: This paper presents the results of a systematic literature review that sought to identify the studies that relate the different pedagogical techniques by which active learning is developed in the context of the teaching/learning of computer programming, with the objective to characterize the approaches, the pedagogical techniques…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Computer Science Education, Programming, Educational Research