Using Gamification to Teach Students Programming Concepts - Open Access Library Journal

OALibJ > Vol.4 No.8, August 2017

Using Gamification to Teach Students Programming Concepts ()

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1103803 3,134 Downloads 12,252 Views Citations

Author(s)

Rania Elshiekh¹, Laurie Butgerit²

Affiliation(s)

¹College of Computer Science and Information Technology, Sudan University of Science &Technology, Khartoum, Sudan.
²Faculty of Science, School of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Johannesburg, South Africa.

ABSTRACT

Gamification is the use of game concepts in a non-gaming environment. It is used in many fields such as business, health and education. The problem of learning programming language has existed for a long time and researchers seek to solve this problem. Most instructors agree that there is a problem when teaching programming and many students are unable to understand programming logic. So there must be a method to encourage them. Students need to be motivated to practise study and exchange ideas. Gamification is used as a tool to motivate students and increase their engagement. This paper surveys empirical studies which tackled gamification to encourage computer science students and help them in learning coding or improving their coding skills. The paper will show the results of using this approach with computer science students at university level.

KEYWORDS

Gamification, Higher Education, Teaching Programming Language, Motivation, Encourage

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Elshiekh, R. and Butgerit, L. (2017) Using Gamification to Teach Students Programming Concepts. Open Access Library Journal, 4, 1-7. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1103803.

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