Students Perceptions of Using Educational Games to Learn Introductory Programming

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See, stats, and : https : / / www . researchgate. net / publication / 49594530 Students Games Article DOI : 10 . 5539 / cis. v4n1p205 : DOAJ CITATIONS 14 READS 611 4 , including : Roslina Universiti 24 SEE Rasimah Universiti 5 SEE Hasiah Universiti 8 SEE All - text , letting . Available : Roslina Retrieved : 12 www . ccsenet . org / cis Abstract Educational computer games studies experienced rapid growth due to the belief that games can offer various learning benefits being highly popular among younger generations . Programming is considered a challenging subject by students and teachers , consequently students feel less motivated to learn it . It is important to know how educational games can help to enhance our student ' s motivation and learning perceptions towards Programming . This paper discusses the authors ' pilot study of undergraduate students ' perceptions towards using educational games as their learning medium using five constructs : motivation , attitudes , cognitive development , interface and expectation with 24 items . The findings indicated that most students had encouraging positive attitudes and were more motivated to learn Programming using games compared to conventional methods . The findings are hopefully will help to enrich knowledge in understanding students ' perceptions regarding educational games for learning , particularly in the Malaysian context .