Logi-Corock: Learning Game Using Tangible Interfaces for Programming Education

Abstract

“Programming education” is an education to foster computational thinking. Children acquire the logical thinking skills necessary to have computers perform the intended process through hands-on programming experience. In this study, we developed a learning game “Logi-Corock” that can be played intuitively. This game supports the learning of computational thinking at home. We chose a simple physical phenomenon as the game’ s subject to allow it to be played with little prior knowledge of the rules and language. Users play the game with block-shaped tangible interfaces. This game contributes to acquiring computational and logical thinking at home.