Facilitating computational thinking through game design

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 6872 LNCS, Issue , 2011, Pages 220-227

  Wu, Min Lun ^a   Richards, Kari ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational thinking; digital game based learning (DGBL); engineering; game design; math (STEM); science; technology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL THINKINGS; DIGITAL GAME-BASED LEARNING; GAME DESIGN; MATH (STEM); SCIENCE;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CURRICULA; DATA VISUALIZATION; DESIGN; E-LEARNING; ENGINEERING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; STUDENTS; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING; VISUALIZATION;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 80053044862     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-23456-9_39     Document Type: Conference Paper

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