Girls do like playing and creating games

WolzUrsula,; BarnesTiffany,; BaylissJessica,; CromackJamie,

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“…A shift to a learning environment which values interactivity, cooperation, and collaboration can result in female and minority students feeling more comfortable and, by extension, can lead to greater persistence and success. In fact, several studies have shown that these learning methods more closely match the learning styles and preferences of women and minorities (Baxter-Magolda, 1992;Belenky, Clinchy, Goldberger, & Tarule, 1986;Lundeberg & Diemert, 1995;Wolz, Barnes, Bayliss, & Cromack, 2009).…”

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“…However, according to Entertainment Software Association (2008), 40% of all game players in the USA were women. Furthermore, according to several surveys, women enjoy games-oriented introductory CS courses more than men (Haller et al, 2008;Leutenegger & Edgington, 2007), their average grades in CS courses that use game design are often higher than men's (Chamillard, 2006), and incorporating games into CS curriculum has been shown to increase percentage of females enrolled in these programs (Wolz et al, 2009).…”

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Mobile game development: improving student engagement and motivation in introductory computing courses

Kurkovsky

2013

Computer Science Education

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Computer games have been accepted as an engaging and motivating tool in the computer science (CS) curriculum. However, designing and implementing a playable game is challenging, and is best done in advanced courses. Games for mobile devices, on the other hand, offer the advantage of being simpler and, thus, easier to program for lower level students. Learning context of mobile game development can be used to reinforce many core programming topics, such as loops, classes, and arrays. Furthermore, it can also be used to expose students in introductory computing courses to a wide range of advanced topics in order to illustrate that CS can be much more than coding. This paper describes the author's experience with using mobile game development projects in CS I and II, how these projects were integrated into existing courses at several universities, and the lessons learned from this experience.

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Mobile game development: improving student engagement and motivation in introductory computing courses

Kurkovsky

2013

Computer Science Education

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“…Using a learning context that values cooperation, interactivity, and collaboration may help female and minority students feel more comfortable. In fact, a number of studies suggest that such learning methods offer a better fit for the learning styles of minority and female students [20].…”

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Integrating mobile culture into computing education

Kurkovsky

2012

IEEE 2nd Integrated STEM Education Conference

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-The term 'mobile culture' describes the evergrowing influence that mobile devices, media and communication have on our day-to-day activities. Current generation of young people is often considered as one of the primary forces helping sustain the evolution of mobile technology, because young people represent a very substantial portion of early adopters and active users of mobile devices, applications, and games. For most college students, electronic gadgets and computer games have always been an integral part of their lives. Consequently, they may perceive mobile devices as true exemplars of the current technology, instead of the desktops that dominate most computer labs. This paper attempts to illustrate the reasons and the possibility of using mobile devices and mobile game development as a learning context and a motivational tool in the computing curriculum.

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Girls do like playing and creating games

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Mobile game development: improving student engagement and motivation in introductory computing courses

Mobile game development: improving student engagement and motivation in introductory computing courses

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