Coding Certificate
Can computation thinking help learners become better problem solvers?
Yes! In many different ways!
- Teamwork – Computational thinking encourages collaboration. It has students work together and gets others perspectives.
- Simplifying Steps – Computational thinking encourages students to break down problems into small steps. This helps students find solutions in a similar form.
- Practice – Students must practice their games/code to identify any errors. This gives them the opportunity to practice the idea of trial and error and experiment with different solutions and outcomes.
- Creating Instructions – Students learn to use their critical thinking by creating step by step instructions for their algorithms.
Discuss how gameplay can be used as a tool to make traditionally less popular topics more engaging for some learners
Gameplay can be super helpful to encourage students to engage in less popular topics and content. It helps promote learning in a more interactive way. Many students really enjoy the idea of gaming and being able to be in control of their learning and with how often students lack motivation and interest in certain topics / subjects, the idea of gameplay is one of the top benefits. The idea of gameplay also promotes hands on learning, this gives students the ability to engage with content in a more direct form. For example, students may create or play a game about addition, this helps them understand the mathematical content in a more interactive way. Using games within the classroom often helps students with certain developmental skills as it gives students the chance to collaborate and work together to solve problems. Overall, game play is very beneficially to use in classrooms when getting them to engage in less popular subjects / content.