Effects of Computer Game-based Instruction on Students´ Programming Achievement in Taiwan

Author

Hwang, Chein-Shung ; Su, Yi-Ching ; Tseng, Kuo-Cheng

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Manage., Chinese Culture Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

fYear

2010

fDate

26-28 Sept. 2010

Firstpage

233

Lastpage

236

Abstract

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of computer game-based instruction on students´ programming achievement. This quasi-experiment proceeded in 2007. Participants were 146 technology college management information system students enrolled in a Visual Basic programming class. Students in four intact classes were assigned one of two instructional methods and received a ten-week treatment. Experiment groups were taught by computer game-based instruction, the control group received traditional programming instruction. Overall, the results showed that computer game-based instruction has a great potential in facilitating student´s problem-solving ability and improving programming achievement. The implications were discussed in the paper.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; computer games; computer science education; Taiwan; computer game-based instruction; student problem-solving ability; student programming achievement; Computers; Education; Games; Materials; Problem-solving; Programming profession; Computer game-based instruction; problem-solving ability; progrmming;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Aspects of Social Networks (CASoN), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Taiyuan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8785-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CASoN.2010.60

Filename

5636690