What Students Think About Game-Themed CS1

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: What Students Think About Game-Themed CS1
المؤلفون: Lakanen, Antti-Jussi, Lappalainen, Vesa
المساهمون: Koskela, Markus, Heikkinen, Kari
بيانات النشر: Lappeenrannan teknillinen yliopisto
سنة النشر: 2014
المجموعة: JYX - Jyväskylä University Digital Archive / Jyväskylän yliopiston julkaisuarkisto
مصطلحات موضوعية: CSI, game theme, motivation, tietokonepelit, ohjelmointi, peliohjelmointi
الوصف: There has been rising academic interest in including computer game programming in CS1 curriculum during the past years, and many experience reports exist on the topic. Still, there is a need for knowledge on student reception, that is, how the students themselves view the game theme on a CS1 course. In this paper we review our CS1 course feedback from the years 2008–2013, of which three first years were carried out without games, while the latter three years part of our weekly assignments, plus a bigger course assignment, have been “game-themed”. We found that over 90 % found contextualization through games fun, motivating or rewarding in some other way. Less than 10%of the respondents have somewhat a negative overtone about the course theme. At the same time, dropout rate has declined more than 12 percentage points. ; peerReviewed
نوع الوثيقة: conference object
report
وصف الملف: 19-22; application/pdf
اللغة: English
ردمك: 978-952-265-596-7
952-265-596-1
تدمد: 2243-3376
Relation: Yhdistetyt tietojenkäsittelypäivät 2014 = Federated Computer Science Event 2014 : 3.-4.6.2014 Lappeenranta, Finland; LUT Scientific and Expertise publications. Tutkimusraportit; Yhdistetyt tietojenkäsittelypäivät; CONVID_23731615
الاتاحة: http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201408222399
Rights: openAccess
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.1CD3657F
قاعدة البيانات: BASE
الوصف
ردمك:9789522655967
9522655961
تدمد:22433376