A Reflective Study into Children's Cognition When Making Computer Games

Autor/in	Allsop, Yasemin
Titel	A Reflective Study into Children's Cognition When Making Computer Games
Quelle	In: British Journal of Educational Technology, 47 (2016) 4, S.665-679 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0007-1013
DOI	10.1111/bjet.12251
Schlagwörter	Computer Games; Children; Video Technology; Group Discussion; Design; Cognitive Processes; Thinking Skills; Learning Processes; Models; Activities; Technological Advancement; Technology Uses in Education; Educational Games; Educational Technology; Video Games; Reflection + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computer game; Computerspiel; Computerspiele; Child; Kind; Kinder; Gruppendiskussion; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Denkfähigkeit; Learning process; Lernprozess; Analogiemodell; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Educational game; Lernspiel; Unterrichtsmedien; Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele
Abstract	In this paper, children's mental activities when making digital games are explored. Where previous studies have mainly focused on children's learning, this study aimed to unfold the children's thinking process for learning when making computer games. As part of an ongoing larger scale study, which adopts an ethnographic approach, this research reports on how children think when making their own computer games using their "Thinking Maps" and video recordings of group discussions. A model for Thinking for Learning, "think-to-learn-to-think," is discussed and children's activities are used to define the stages of this cycle. The study of children's pre-during-after project "Thinking Maps" and explanations during group discussions suggests that their thinking sequences were altered during and after their game design activities. The children presented their "thinking process" when designing computer games as a continual circular cycle and described their mind as a virtual lab to plan and visualise solutions before testing them on screen, using the "Alice" game design program. (As Provided).
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