The design and evaluation of an AR-based serious game to teach programming

Sharma, Vandit; Bhagat, Kaushal Kumar; Huai-Hsuan, Huang; Chen, Nian‐Shing

doi:10.1016/j.cag.2022.01.002

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“…The importance of initiative and independence in learning found in our study aligns with the findings of Alfaro-Ponce et al (2023), Tavares (2022), andSharma et al (2022). These studies discussed the impact of game-based learning on academic skills development and the importance of encouraging independent learning.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…This supports the existing literature on the potential of game-based learning to enhance self-directed learning skills (Taylor, 2020;Alfaro-Ponce et al, 2023;Pacheco et al, 2020;Bastos et al, 2020;Tavares, 2022). These results also align with the observations of Sharma et al (2022) and Camacho et al (2019), who found a positive impact of game-based learning on computational thinking, a key component of self-directed learning.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

“…The findings from this study provide valuable insights into the role of game-based learning in complex scenarios, particularly within the context of developing self-directed learning skills. The emergence of five distinct factors from the survey -Self-management Skills, Openness to Learning Opportunities, Initiative and Independence in Learning, Self-concept as an Effective Learner, Love of Learning -aligns with the multidimensional nature of learning skills that can be fostered through game-based learning, as noted by Bühler et al (2022), Dyulicheva and Glazieva (2022), Horvat et al (2022), andSharma et al (2022).…”

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confidence: 95%

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Developing learning skills through game-based learning in complex scenarios: A case in undergraduate logistics education

Pacheco-Velazquez,

Rodés,

Salinas-Navarro

2024

J. Technol. Sci. Educ.

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This study investigates the impact of game-based learning (GBL), an increasingly popular educational approach, on the development of self-directed learning (SDL) skills in complex scenarios, particularly in undergraduate logistics education. A key component of the three year study is LOST (Logistics Education Simulator), a serious game platform, deployed in an undergraduate engineering course in Mexico. An extensive literature review was carried out using Scopus to examine recent works published between 2019 and 2024, providing a state-of-the-art overview of the field. Subsequently, a survey based on the scale created by Fisher, King, and Tague (2001), known for its extensively evaluated internal consistency, revealed five distinct factors of self-directed learning. The findings underscore that the LOST platform significantly enhances self-directed learning, promoting the development of Self-management Skills, Openness to Learning Opportunities, Initiative and Independence in Learning, Self-concept as an Effective Learner, and Love of Learning. The students demonstrated a significant increase in their perception of these skills over the course of the study, highlighting the effectiveness of GBL in promoting such learning skills. These findings highlight the multidimensional nature of learning skills that can be fostered through GBL. The study concludes by discussing the vital role of GBL in complex scenarios, particularly in enhancing the development of self-directed learning skills in undergraduate logistics education.

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Developing learning skills through game-based learning in complex scenarios: A case in undergraduate logistics education

Pacheco-Velazquez,

Rodés,

Salinas-Navarro

2024

J. Technol. Sci. Educ.

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“…Meanwhile, cluster 3 highlights themes such as CT integration in K-12 education, instructional methods for CT, programming instruction, and the development of CT skills via learning games, interactives, and simulations [78,[110][111][112][113]. These tendencies in cocitation networks underscore the importance of teaching approaches aimed at enhancing students' achievement and attitudes via GBL [114].…”

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Study Trends and Core Content Trends of Research on Enhancing Computational Thinking: An Incorporated Bibliometric and Content Analysis Based on the Scopus Database

Chen,

Nguyen

2024

Computers

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Over the last decade, research on evolving computational thinking (CT) has garnered heightened attention. Assessing the publication tendencies and nucleus contents of investigations on progressing CT to direct future research initiatives, develop policies, and integrate them into instructional materials is timely and exceedingly essential in education. Therefore, this research reviewed publications on progressing CT to identify research trends and core contents published in the Scopus database from 2008 to May 2022. For this reason, this study applied bibliometric and content analysis to 132 selected publications. After examining bibliometrics, the findings indicate a steady increase in publications related to game-based learning (GBL) and CT, reaching a peak in 2021, with the United States emerging as the most prolific contributor in terms of authors, institutions, and countries). The leading country in citations is primarily China. The document that received the most citations is Hsu’s 2018 paper on “Computers and Education”. Analysis of keywords and themes reveals core content tendencies, emphasizing teaching methods and attitudes aimed at improving CT via GBL. These results offer valuable insights for researchers and educators to inform their future work. However, future studies may benefit from including other databases such as Web of Science (WoS) and PubMed, employing alternative bibliometric software like VOSviewer or CiteSpace, as well as collecting data from June 2022.

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“…In a related study, Sharma et al used a proprietary system called CodAR to evaluate the effectiveness of CodAR itself and whether the results depended on the participants' circumstances [18]. Participants answered pre-test and post-test questions to compare their programming skills before and after the experiment.…”

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Measuring Complexity in Visual Programming for Elementary School Students

Ono,

Saito,

Washizaki

et al. 2024

Journal of Information Processing

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Visual programming languages are popular because they can be learned at an early age. Unlike text-based languages, they do not require linguistic knowledge. Visual programming languages are diverse and include block programming, flow programming, AR-based programming, and robot-based programming. Scratch and Viscuit are common visual programming tools. Because effective learning methods for these languages have yet to be clarified, we proposed a method and evaluated its learning effectiveness using Chuggington Programming, which is a visual programming game application. Although the questionnaire responses for five workshops at educational institutions were positive, quiz results for one-to two-hour workshops did not show significant differences based on Wilcoxon's signed rank test. Herein we focus on complexity in visual programming to assess the feasibility of a new evaluation method similar to a text-based evaluation method using turtle graphics. We compare traditional text-based evaluation methods such as Cyclomatic Complexity, Halstead Complexity, etc. with turtle graphics. Then we examine the relationship between data for student performance in the workshop and the complexity level. The solution time and complexity are positively correlated, while the percentage of correct responses and complexity are negatively correlated, validating the complexity has potential as an effective learning measure.

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The design and evaluation of an AR-based serious game to teach programming

Cited by 10 publications

References 37 publications

Developing learning skills through game-based learning in complex scenarios: A case in undergraduate logistics education

Developing learning skills through game-based learning in complex scenarios: A case in undergraduate logistics education

Study Trends and Core Content Trends of Research on Enhancing Computational Thinking: An Incorporated Bibliometric and Content Analysis Based on the Scopus Database

Measuring Complexity in Visual Programming for Elementary School Students

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