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Alexander Card – ProQuest LLC, 2022
One approach to teaching game design to students with a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds is through team game projects that span multiple weeks, up to an entire term. However, open-ended, creative projects introduce a gamut of challenges to novice programmers. My goal is to assist game design students with the planning stage of their…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Programming, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Teaching Methods
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Tsiotras, Dimitrios; Xinogalos, Stelios – Informatics in Education, 2021
There has been an active movement towards fun learning, using games in education. This article introduces the text-based serious game "Rise of the Java Emperor" that aims to support students in learning basic object-oriented programming concepts using Java. Information concerning the analysis, the design and the pilot evaluation of the…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Teaching Methods, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students
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Grizioti, Marianthi; Kynigos, Chronis – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
In this paper, we discuss the need for new approaches to research regarding coding to support students in developing practices in computational thinking, such as abstraction and decomposition, in multidisciplinary contexts. We explore students' activities with a tool integrating constructionist textual programming activity with game-based learning…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Thinking Skills, Interdisciplinary Approach, Coding
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Chan, Shiau-Wei; Looi, Chee-Kit; Ho, Weng Kin; Kim, Mi Song – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2023
The importance of computational thinking (CT) as a 21st-century skill for future generations has been a key consideration in the reforms of many national and regional educational systems. Much attention has been paid to integrating CT into the traditional subject classrooms. This paper describes a scoping review of learning tools for integrating…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, 21st Century Skills, Teaching Methods, Research Reports
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Krish Pillai; Marcia Lovas – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2023
A typical first computer science course (CS1) introduces the student to coding conventions, variables, methods, control structures, conditionals, and the semantics of classes and objects. Advanced concepts of inheritance, polymorphism, abstract classes, interfaces, and their use in the design process, are covered in a second-level course (CS2).…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Educational Games, Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education
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Kynigos, Chronis; Grizioti, Marianthi – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2020
Although there is wide rhetoric that programming should be learnt by all as an element of computational thinking (CT), in practice, it is mostly implemented narrowly as an end in itself consisting of routine practice and traditional testing of the ability to code. This paper discusses a way in which programming could be seen through a wider…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Thinking Skills, Computation, Affordances
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Chen, Yen Tzu; Liu, Che-Hung; Lee, Chih Yu – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2021
This study used CodeMonkey, an online learning platform through which elementary teachers can learn programming while playing games and experience how to integrate STEM into their courses. The study analyzed and examined their experiences using a qualitative research method. According to the research results, learning programming while playing…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Computer Games, Computer Science Education, STEM Education
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Soboleva, Elena V.; Suvorova, Tatyana N.; Zenkina, Svetlana V.; Bocharov, Mikhail I. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2021
The problem that the given paper aims to solve is associated with the need to resolve the contradiction between the requirements of the digital economy for a high level of computational thinking of specialists of the future and an insufficiently developed methodological base for training graduates that meets these requirements. The purpose of the…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Computer Science Education, Computer Software, Specialists
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Denner, Jill; Campe, Shannon; Werner, Linda – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2019
It is widely believed that there are educational benefits to making computer games, but there is no systematic review of research on this topic. This article describes a meta-synthesis of research on children designing and programming computer games that investigates the extent to which there is evidence of benefits for computer science learning…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Design, Programming, Children
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Threekunprapam, Arinchaya; Yasri, Pratchayapong – European Journal of Educational Research, 2020
Using unplugged coding activities to promote computational thinking (CT) among secondary learners has become increasingly popular. Benefits of using unplugged coding activities involve the cost-effective implementation, the ability to promote computer science concepts and self-efficacy in learning computer programming, and the engaging nature of…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Independent Study, High School Students, Coding
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Graham, Kendra; Anderson, James; Rife, Conrad; Heitmeyer, Bryce; Patel, Pranav R.; Nykl, Scott; Lin, Alan C.; Merkle, Laurence D. – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2020
Cyberspace odyssey (CSO) is a novel serious game supporting computer networking education by engaging students in a race to successfully perform various cybersecurity tasks in order to collect clues and solve a puzzle in virtual near-Earth three-dimensional space. Each team interacts with the game server through a dedicated client presenting a…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Information Security, Task Analysis, Computer Games
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Yallihep, Mirac; Kutlu, Birgul – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
The purpose of this study was to measure the impacts of mobile serious games on fifth grade students' attitudes towards "Information Technology and Software" course and understanding of programming concepts. For this purpose, a five weeks long study was conducted in a private primary school in Turkey with randomly selected 36 fifth grade…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Computer Software, Student Attitudes, Programming
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Isayama, Daiki; Ishiyama, Masaki; Relator, Raissa; Yamazaki, Koichi – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2017
We explore the feasibility of early introduction to automata theory through gamification. We designed a puzzle game that players can answer correctly if they understand the fundamental concepts of automata theory. In our investigation, 90 children played the game, and their actions were recorded in play logs. An analysis of the play logs shows…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Concept Formation, Computer Games, Computer Science Education
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Yildirim, Osman; Ozdener, Nesrin – International Journal of Technology in Education and Science, 2021
Computer games are effective instructional tools used in programming courses to increase students' motivation and engagement. This participatory action research aims to redesign the Object-Oriented Programming course in which the first author is both the instructor and researcher to make it more effective and efficient. In the first step of the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Programming, Computer Science Education, Computer Software
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Gatzoulis, Christos – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2020
This paper presents a pilot study on the evaluation of instruments for data gathering for an epistemic game development competition for high school students. The initial results show that a significant percentage of the students who participated in the competition appear to exhibit a skillset of professional attitude, software-related knowledge,…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Teaching Methods, Game Based Learning, Computer Software
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