Learning Computational Thinking Through A Board Game - An Exploratory Case Study

• In Event: D&D - Gaming, Gamification 2

Short Description

This study presents an exploratory case study with four elementary students in grades three to five who were asked to play a board game, LuckyCodes, developed for computational thinking education by the authors. The findings showed that students repeatedly engaged in sequencing and demonstrated social learning in various aspects of gameplay; students’ use of conditionals also became more frequent over time. Implications for teaching and research on children’s computational thinking will be discussed.

Authors

• Contributor: Dayae Yang, University of Georgia

• Contributor: T J Kopcha, University of Georgia