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Kroustalli, Chrysoula; Xinogalos, Stelios – Education and Information Technologies, 2021
Serious games, or else educational games, for programming are considered to have a positive impact on learning programming. Specifically, serious games are considered to motivate students and engage them in playing and learning programming. However, more research is required in order to study their effects in learning programming, as well as their…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Computer Science Education, Programming Languages
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Koupritzioti, Dimitra; Xinogalos, Stelios – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
Serious games or educational games have attracted the interest of instructors and researchers for several years. In the field of education, serious games are being used for motivating students, attracting their interest in cognitively demanding fields and making the teaching and learning process more fun. Moreover, learning through implementing…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Education, Programming
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Xinogalos, Stelios; Pitner, Tomáš; Ivanovic, Mirjana; Savic, Miloš – Education and Information Technologies, 2018
The choice of the first programming language (FPL) has been a controversial issue for several decades. Nearly everyone agrees that the FPL is important and affects students' subsequent education on programming. The study presented in this article investigates the suitability of various C-like and Pascal-like programming languages as a FPL.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Programming Languages, Computer Software, Questionnaires