Designing courseware on algorithms for active learning with virtual board games

Faltin, Nils

doi:10.1145/305786.305894

Cited by 18 publications

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“…These are existing CS classes that creatively integrate games into their existing curriculum. Typically, games are used as programming assignments (e.g., [1,10,11,23,25,3,15]) or to teach abstract concepts (e.g. [4,11,12,5,9,17]), or as an example application area to teach the concepts involved in an entire topic area (e.g., [8,7]).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Experiencing aspects of games programming in an introductory computer graphics class

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Shirley

Rosenberg

2007

Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

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Our computer graphics (CG) programming class uses games development as a means to help students understand CG concepts. Many students mistakenly thought this CG class was a games programming class. We present a simple framework for discussing games programming classes. Based on the framework, the paper describes our efforts in integrating competencies associated with games programming into our CG programming class. Our results show that the resulting class maintains the integrity of the original CG class while allowing students to develop projects with more interesting games features.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Experiencing aspects of games programming in an introductory computer graphics class

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Shirley

Rosenberg

2007

Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

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“…Per-assignment game development [17,25,9,24,35,29,39,8]. All these classes developed games as part of individual programming assignments.…”

Section: Games and Cs1/2 Classesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Game-themed programming assignments

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We have designed and implemented game-themed programming assignment modules targeted specifically for adoption in existing introductory programming classes. These assignments are self-contained, so that faculty members with no background in graphics or gaming can selectively pick and choose a subset to combine with their own assignments in existing classes. This paper begins with a survey of previous results. Based on this survey, the paper summarizes the important considerations when designing materials for selective adoption. The paper then describes our design, implementation, and assessment efforts. Our result is a road map that guides faculty members in experimenting with gamethemed programming assignments by incrementally adopting/customizing suitable materials for their classes.

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“…Per-assignment game development [11,18,7,17,26,23,31,6]. All these classes developed games as part of individual programming assignments.…”

Section: Games and Cs1/2 Classesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing game-themed programming assignments for CS1/2 courses

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Rosenberg

Panitz

et al. 2008

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Game Development in Computer Science Education

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We have designed and implemented game-themed programming assignment modules targeted specifically for adoption in existing introductory programming classes. These assignments are self-contained, so that faculty members with no background in graphics/gaming can selectively pick and choose a subset to combine with their own assignments in existing classes. This paper begins with a survey of previous results, followed by a description of the game-themed assignment modules. The paper then focuses on our efforts in assessing the assignments: including details of the procedures and instruments for evaluating student achievement of learning outcomes and attitudes towards the assignments, as well as the extra effort required of faculty to adopt the assignments in existing clases.

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Designing courseware on algorithms for active learning with virtual board games

Cited by 18 publications

References 2 publications

Experiencing aspects of games programming in an introductory computer graphics class

Experiencing aspects of games programming in an introductory computer graphics class

Game-themed programming assignments

Assessing game-themed programming assignments for CS1/2 courses

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