Experimental evaluation of an educational game for improved learning in introductory computing

SIGCSE Bulletin Inroads

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 321-325

  Eagle, Michael ^a   Barnes, Tiffany ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrays; cs1 2 education; educational games; iteration; retention

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; CS1-2 EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL GAMES; ITERATION; RETENTION;

E-LEARNING; GAME THEORY; STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING; TEACHING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

STUDENTS;

EID: 78651543519     PISSN: 10963936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1539024.1508980     Document Type: Article

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