There has been considerable interest in examining the educational potential of playing
video games. One crucial element, however, has traditionally been left out of these …

Creativity has been a growing topic in the ACM community since the 1990s; however, no
clear overview of this trend has been offered. We present a thorough survey of 998 creativity …

Develo** children as successful learners is a key aim of A Curriculum for Excellence in
Scotland. This paper presents qualitative results from an eight week exploratory field study …

Children are increasingly using computer technologies as reflected in reports of computer
use in schools in the United States. Given the greater exposure of children to these …

This article provides an overview of computer software and instructional strategies intended
to engage young people in making computer games, to achieve a variety of educational …

In a case study on middle-school student educational game creation course in south central
US state, the students' creative thinking process is investigated in order to understand …

This paper argues that making computer games as part of a classroom project can develop
a range of new media storytelling, visual design and audience awareness skills. This claim …

As Computational Thinking (CT) continues to permeate younger age groups in K-12
education, established CT platforms such as Scratch face challenges in catering to these …

Teachers face many difficulties in the motivation, engagement, and improvement of learning
outcomes for students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). In …

In this paper we present WEEV (Writing Environment for Educational Video games), a
methodology for educational point-and-click adventure game authoring. Our approach aims …