Say it with systems: Expanding Kodu's expressive power through gender-inclusive mechanics

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, FDG 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 227-234

  Fristoe, Teale ^a   Denner, Jill ^b   MacLaurin, Matt ^c   Mateas, Michael ^a   Wardrip Fruin, Noah ^a  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^b ETR ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c MICROSOFT   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Computer science education; Game design; Game mechanics; Gender; Kodu; Motivation; Programming; Programming environments

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; GAME DESIGN; GENDER; KODU; PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENTS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FUZZY LOGIC; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; MOTIVATION;

MECHANICS;

EID: 84858961112     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2159365.2159396     Document Type: Conference Paper

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