The Manifestations of Computational Thinking During Youth Analog Game Design

• In Event: D&D - Computational Thinking in Elementary Schools and Summer Camps

Short Description

This study investigates computational thinking (CT) in a tabletop game design summer camp, as opposed to traditional views of CT being computer-based. The researchers used CT concepts to analyze campers’ analog tabletop game designs. The research sought to answer whether what computational thinking manifested during a youth analog game design activity? The researchers identified four manifestations of CT during the camp: abstracting and modularizing; incrementing and iterating; reusing and remixing; and testing and debugging.

Authors

• Contributor: Lucas John Jensen, Georgia Southern University

• Contributor: Jackie Kim, Georgia Southern University