Teaching Programming Principles through a Game Engine

Teaching fundamental programming to freshmen is a hard task to be performed, given the high level action and logical reasoning that are required for these students to develop in a very early stage of their course. This paper presents a discussion about this topic, along with a case study where computer games are meant to be developed by students in a first programming course, through the use of a game engine which allow students to develop fundamental programming skills without having to learn syntax and idiosyncrasies of any programming language.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: CLEIEJ
• Authors: Cristiane Camilo Hernandez, Luciano Silva, Rafael Alencar Segura, Juliano Schimiguel, Manuel Fernandez Paradela Ledon, Luis Naito Mendes Bezerra, Ismar Frango Silveira
• Keywords: CLEIEJ 2010, Fundamental Programming, Fundamental Programming Skills, Hard Task, Information Technology