Evaluating the use of programming games for building early analytical thinking skills
Analytical thinking is a transversal skill that helps learners excel academically independently of theme area. It is on high demand in the world of work especially in innovation related sectors. It involves finding a viable solution to a problem by identifying goals, parameters, and resources availa...
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European Alliance for Innovation (EAI)
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| description | Analytical thinking is a transversal skill that helps learners excel academically independently of theme area. It is on high demand in the world of work especially in innovation related sectors. It involves finding a viable solution to a problem by identifying goals, parameters, and resources available for deployment. These are strategy elements in game play. They further constitute good practices in programming. This work evaluates how serious games based on visual programming as a solution synthesis tool within exploration, inquiry, and collaboration can help learners build structured mindsets. It analyses how a visual programming environment that supports experimentation for building intuition on potential solutions to logical puzzles, and then encourages learners to synthesize a solution interactively, helps learners through gaming principles to build self-esteem on their problem solving ability, to develop algorithmic thinking capacity, and to stay engaged in learning. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c9c6bcf6f2b540dd8cc2fbdb0eb231992022-12-22T03:58:30ZengEuropean Alliance for Innovation (EAI)EAI Endorsed Transactions on Serious Games2034-88002015-11-01261610.4108/eai.5-11-2015.150610Evaluating the use of programming games for building early analytical thinking skillsH. Tsalapatas0Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly, Argonafton & Filellinon, 38221 Volos, Greece; htsalapa@uth.grAnalytical thinking is a transversal skill that helps learners excel academically independently of theme area. It is on high demand in the world of work especially in innovation related sectors. It involves finding a viable solution to a problem by identifying goals, parameters, and resources available for deployment. These are strategy elements in game play. They further constitute good practices in programming. This work evaluates how serious games based on visual programming as a solution synthesis tool within exploration, inquiry, and collaboration can help learners build structured mindsets. It analyses how a visual programming environment that supports experimentation for building intuition on potential solutions to logical puzzles, and then encourages learners to synthesize a solution interactively, helps learners through gaming principles to build self-esteem on their problem solving ability, to develop algorithmic thinking capacity, and to stay engaged in learning.http://eudl.eu/doi/10.4108/eai.5-11-2015.150610analytical thinkinglearning designprogrammingserious games. |
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