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Chance-It: an object-oriented capstone project for CS-1
SIGCSE '98 Proceedings of the twenty-ninth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Designing courseware on algorithms for active learning with virtual board games
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Engaging girls with computers through software games
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Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
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Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
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Game-themed programming assignments: the faculty perspective
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GDCSE '08 Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Game development in computer science education
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GDCSE '08 Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Game development in computer science education
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Proceedings of the 2011 conference on Information technology education
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Computers & Education
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The value of games as a vehicle for teaching concepts while inspiring students is now well accepted at almost all levels of education. Video games, arcade and computer games are rarely given the same kind of attention. This paper will describe the value of computer games as a motivator and some of the benefits that can be realized by using known computer games as programming applications, even in the first year of a CS program. The use of two such games as assignments in CS1 and CS2 is outlined and some feedback on the experience is offered.