Effectiveness of Using Game Development in CS1: Faculty-Led or Peer Created Video-Based?
Abstract
Many studies have shown that introductory programming courses are challenging and tend to have a low passing rate. In this project, the authors investigated the effectiveness of using peer-recorded game development videos in helping students learn Programming Fundamentals (CS1). The project idea is inspired by the positive result from spring 2021 where four IT faculty members adopted the game development modules in their programming courses. In spring 2023, the video-based workshops were piloted. In this paper, the authors will report the result of this pilot study and compare the result of the video-based workshop to the faculty-led PowerPoint (PPT)-based workshop in spring 2021.
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Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges
Evansville, IN, United States
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Published: 01 November 2023
Published in JCSC Volume 39, Issue 5
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