In Association With Andrew Hicks Katelyn Doran 2

In Association With Andrew Hicks & Katelyn Doran 2

Game 2 Learn REU 2008 Andrew Hicks and Katelyn Doran Mentor: Tiffany Barnes Graduate Student Mentor: Amanda Chaffin

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Motivations Andrew Hicks & Katelyn Doran 5

Educational Gaming Motivation Student Gamers Interactive Learning Andrew Hicks & Katelyn Doran 6

Why Recursion? Important Computer Science Concept Difficult to Teach Even Harder to Understand Andrew Hicks & Katelyn Doran 7

Towers of Hanoi Obscure Illustration of Recursion Andrew Hicks & Katelyn Doran 8

Solution Andrew Hicks & Katelyn Doran 9

Game Engine C# using the XNA Framework Andrew Hicks & Katelyn Doran Features an in-game compiler 10

Game Interaction Code Modifies World Data “Structures” Learning Styles Andrew Hicks & Katelyn Doran 11

In-Game Compiling Alternative to traditional assignments Goes beyond multiple choice Code errors can be visualized Andrew Hicks & Katelyn Doran 12

Game Play Andrew Hicks & Katelyn Doran 13

Progress Andrew Hicks & Katelyn Doran 14

Progress Andrew Hicks & Katelyn Doran 15

Progress Andrew Hicks & Katelyn Doran 16

Progress Andrew Hicks & Katelyn Doran 17

Future Work Challenges Visualization Andrew Hicks & Katelyn Doran Instructions Study 18

Questions? Comments? Tiffany Barnes: tbarnes 2@uncc. edu Amanda Chaffin: katla@wulfcub. com Katelyn Doran: kedoran@uncc. edu Andrew Hicks: agh 001@marietta. edu The Game 2 Learn project is housed within the Games + Learning Lab in Woodward 453. Andrew Hicks & Katelyn Doran 19