Digital games are establishing themselves as a new paradigm in teaching. Everyone can
play digital games, they're economical, and they're a terrific way to learn. Digital games that …

Digital games have gained significance as a new paradigm in education. Digital games are
accessible and affordable to anyone and provide opportunities for at-scale teaching and …

While recent work has begun to evaluate the efficacy of educational programming games,
many common design decisions in these games (eg, single player gameplay using …

Using games in education has the potential to increase students' motivation and
engagement in the learning process, gathering long-lasting practical knowledge. Expanding …

Game design is increasingly used in modern education to foster Computational Thinking
(CT). Yet, it is unclear how and if the game genre of student-designed games impact CT and …

Blocks-based environments have been used to promote computational thinking (CT) and
programming learning mostly in elementary and middle schools. In many countries, like …

In the context of a learning game to teach parallel programming, we describe a procedural
content generation (PCG) approach that can be controlled to generate programming puzzles …

A significant issue in research on educational games lies in evaluating their educational
impact. Although game analytics is often leveraged in the game industry, it can also provide …

Concurrent and parallel programming (CPP) skills are increasingly important in today's
world of parallel hardware. However, the conceptual leap from deterministic sequential …

ABSTRACT Aim/Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine whether the authoring of
computer games in a mainstream primary school setting can support the learning of game …