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Access Type

WSU Access

Date of Award

January 2018

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Department

Instructional Technology

First Advisor

Ke Zhang

Second Advisor

Timothy Spannaus

Abstract

The study investigated the effect of Game Development-Based Learning (GDBL) on the ability of IT undergraduates in Jordanian universities to define the concepts of computer programming and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and their ability to program in C++. An instruction was designed for an eight-week-long online course to allow the participants learn game development using GameMaker®. It consists of YouTube videos, tutorial handouts and assignments. The online course was concurrent with their formal courses. The Non-equivalent Control Group design was adopted in this research. An experimental group and a control group responded to a pre-test and a post-test at the beginning and the end of the second semester 2017-2018. Results of an Analysis of Variance and Kruskal-Wallis H Test indicated that GDBL experience is effective in improving students’ understanding of computer programming and ability to program in C++.

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