LEARNING COMPUTER PROGRAMMING WITH GAME DESIGN

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作者
Dalal, Parth [1 ]
Dalal, Nikunj [2 ]
Kak, Subhash [1 ]
机构
[1] Oklahoma State Univ, Dept Comp Sci, Stillwater, OK 74078 USA
[2] Oklahoma State Univ, Dept Management Informat Syst, Stillwater, OK 74078 USA
来源
CSEDU 2009: PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER SUPPORTED EDUCATION, VOL II | 2009年
关键词
Rapid game creation; Game design; Introductory programming; Learning; Game creation software;
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TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
We describe a teaching approach that introduces the computer science and information systems student to programming ideas using game design. Game-creation software that requires little or no programming knowledge is used for this purpose. Students construct a simple game using the software, and later they convert their game events to pseudo-code written using standard programming constructs. This rapid game creation teaching module can be implemented rather quickly and can be used as a precursor to the teaching of a formal programming language. In this paper, we overview the pedagogical model, discuss a rapid game creation tool, present a teaching plan, and outline the potential benefits of this approach.
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