Learning to communicate computationally with Flip: A bi-modal programming language for game creation

Computers and Education

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 224-240

  Howland, Kate ^a   Good, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation of CAL systems; Interactive learning environments; Programming and programming languages; Secondary education

Indexed keywords

ADA (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER GAMES; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; DESIGN; TEACHING;

COMPUTATIONAL RULES; COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS; DESIGN AND EVALUATIONS; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; EVALUATION OF CAL SYSTEMS; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; PROGRAMMING AND PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT;

VISUAL LANGUAGES;

EID: 84907888085     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2014.08.014     Document Type: Article

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