Investigating the Impact of a Meaningful Gamification-Based Intervention on Novice Programmers’ Achievement

• Main Authors: Agapito, Jenilyn L, Rodrigo, Ma. Mercedes T.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2018
• Subjects: Novice programmers; Gamification; CS1; Computer Sciences; Databases and Information Systems
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/discs-faculty-pubs/39; https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-93843-1_1
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Gamification is becoming a popular classroom intervention used in computer science instruction, including CS1, the first course computer science students take. It is being used as a medium to encourage certain student behaviors in anticipation of positive effects on learning experience and achieveme...