Work in progress: Learning flow-of-control with FlipLogic: A game-based approach

Elham Beheshti; Michael S. Horn

doi:10.1109/FIE.2012.6462514

Work in progress: Learning flow-of-control with FlipLogic: A game-based approach

Elham Beheshti^*, Michael S. Horn

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Education and Social Policy

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Abstract

We present FlipLogic, a puzzle game that we developed to help children (ages 10-12) become familiar with conditional logic statements in programming. We designed the game to be embedded in an existing after-school curriculum on computer programming fundamentals. Our broader goal is to create a series of games to help students learn a variety of programming concepts including control statements, conditional branches, logic expressions, loops, and variables. We plan to study the effectiveness and motivational appeal of our design in after-school settings, comparing this game-based approach with a more traditional instructional approach.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2012 Frontiers in Education Conference
Subtitle of host publication	Soaring to New Heights in Engineering Education, FIE 2012 - Proceedings
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2012.6462514
State	Published - Dec 1 2012
Event	42nd Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2012 - Seattle, WA, United States Duration: Oct 3 2012 → Oct 6 2012

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Other	42nd Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2012
Country/Territory	United States
City	Seattle, WA
Period	10/3/12 → 10/6/12

Keywords

Children
learning games
programming languages

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Science Applications
Software
Education

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Beheshti, E & Horn, MS 2012, Work in progress: Learning flow-of-control with FlipLogic: A game-based approach. in 2012 Frontiers in Education Conference: Soaring to New Heights in Engineering Education, FIE 2012 - Proceedings., 6462514, 42nd Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2012, Seattle, WA, United States, 10/3/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2012.6462514

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