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A reflective study into children’s cognition when making computer games

Allsop, Y; (2016) A reflective study into children’s cognition when making computer games. British Journal of Educational Technology , 47 (4) pp. 665-679. 10.1111/bjet.12251. Green open access

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Abstract

In this paper, children’s mental activities when making digital games are explored. Where previous studies have mainly focused on children’s learning, this study aimed to unfold the children’s thinking process for learning when making computer games. As part of an ongoing larger scale study, which adopts an ethnographic approach, this research reports on how children think when making their own computer games using their “Thinking Maps” and video recordings of group discussions. A model for Thinking for Learning, “think-to-learn-to-think,” is discussed and children’s activities are used to define the stages of this cycle. The study of children’s pre–during–after project “Thinking Maps” and explanations during group discussions suggests that their thinking sequences were altered during and after their game design activities. The children presented their “thinking process” when designing computer games as a continual circular cycle and described their mind as a virtual lab to plan and visualise solutions before testing them on screen, using the “Alice” game design program.

Type: Article
Title: A reflective study into children’s cognition when making computer games
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1111/bjet.12251
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12251
Language: English
Additional information: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Allsop, Y; (2015) A reflective study into children's cognition when making computer games. British Journal of Educational Technology , 47 (4) pp. 665-679, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12251. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Learning and Leadership
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1535830
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