Learning by game-building: A novel approach to theoretical computer science education

ITiCSE 2007: 12th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education - Inclusive Education in Computer Science

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 53-57

  Korte, Laura ^a   Anderson, Stuart ^a   Pain, Helen ^a   Good, Judith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aautomata theory; Constructionism; Game based learning; Game building; Regular languages; Theoretical computer science; Turing machines

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATA THEORY; FORMAL LANGUAGES; GAME THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; GAME-BASED LEARNING; GAME-BUILDING; THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 34548056635     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1268784.1268802     Document Type: Conference Paper

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