Using Scalable Game Design to teach computer science from middle school to graduate school

ITiCSE'10 - Proceedings of the 2010 ACM SIGCSE Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 224-228

  Basawapatna, Ashok R ^a   Koh, Kyu Han ^a   Repenning, Alexander ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational thinking pattern; Middle school programming; Scalable game design; Student observation; Transfer; University programming education

Indexed keywords

GAME DESIGN; GENERAL PUBLICS; GRADUATE SCHOOLS; GRADUATE STUDENTS; MIDDLE SCHOOL; MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAMMING; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS; PROGRAMMING EDUCATION; STUDENT PROJECT; TEACHING TOOLS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INNOVATION; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77955153475     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1822090.1822154     Document Type: Conference Paper

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