Digital Game-Based Learning in high school Computer Science education: Impact on educational effectiveness and student motivation

2009 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Papastergiou
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Student Motivation ◽  
Computer Science Education ◽  
Educational Effectiveness ◽  
Digital Game ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
School Computer

A model for high school computer science education

2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 281-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orit Hazzan ◽  
Judith Gal-Ezer ◽  
Lenore Blum
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Computer Science Education ◽  
School Computer

scholarly journals Introducing Sustainable Development Topics into Computer Science Education: Design and Evaluation of the Eco JSity Game

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4244
Author(s):  
Jakub Swacha ◽  
Rytis Maskeliūnas ◽  
Robertas Damaševičius ◽  
Audrius Kulikajevas ◽  
Tomas Blažauskas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Computer Science Education ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Educational Game ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Development Education ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Education Design

With increasing awareness of the advantages of game-based learning, there is a growing number of studies showing its application to both computer science education and sustainable development education. In this paper, we describe, with the example of the Eco JSity application, how both of these areas can be combined into a single tool. The presented evaluation results showed that despite incorporating the sustainable development topics into both the theme and mechanics of the educational game, both the usefulness and ease-of-use of the application were still assessed positively by students. We also identified three clusters of students depending on their attitude towards combining education on computer science and sustainable development. We concluded that game-based learning provided a capable means of incorporating sustainable development topics into teaching of unrelated technical skills.

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