Computational Sophistication of Games Programmed by Children: A Model for Its Measurement

Autor/inn/en	Werner, Linda; Denner, Jill; Campe, Shannon; Torres, David M.
Titel	Computational Sophistication of Games Programmed by Children: A Model for Its Measurement
Quelle	In: ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 20 (2020) 2, Artikel 12 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1946-6226
Schlagwörter	Computation; Middle School Students; Knowledge Level; Learner Engagement; Computer Games; Programming; Evaluation; Computer Software + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Wissensbasis; Computer game; Computerspiel; Computerspiele; Programmierung; Evaluierung
Abstract	This article builds on prior work that aims to measure computational learning (CL) during middle school. Since game computational sophistication (GCS) has been used as a proxy for a student's engagement in CL we build on their model to more completely describe the relationship between different types of building blocks of computer games and GCS. In doing so, we present a single quantitative measurement for GCS. Our model, called GCS 2.0, has face validity for 39 games, each programmed by a pair of middle school children. We choose four of these games, two with high GCS and two with low GCS, and discuss the computational building blocks found in each game. We do this to help the reader better understand our measurement of GCS and its relationship to CL. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01