Visual Programming and Computational Thinking Game
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- Computational thinking becomes a fundamental skill for learners in 21st century and Visual programming is the idea of using graphical icons to create and improve programming skill. This paper describes the implementation and evaluation of a visual programming and computational thinking module in game programming project and pre-post questionnaires. The result is to shorten the developing time and improve their programming skills better.
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