a framework for teaching novice vb programming using motivational game scenarios

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1、AFrameworkforTeachingNoviceVBProgrammingUsingMotivationalGameScenariosMinjieHuTairawhitiPolytechnicPOBox640,Gisborne,NZmin@tairawhiti.ac.nzAbstractVisualBasic(VB)insteadofC++.ArecentNACCQmoderationreportfoundthatVBisthemostpopularAsprogrammingeducatorsweneedtofindaway

2、tolanguageforteachingfirstyearprogrammingcoursesatengageourstudents.ThestudentsweseetodayhavebeenInstitutesofTechnologyandPolytechnics(ITP)inNewcalledtheNintendoGeneration.SuchstudentsareZealand.TheprimarybenefitofadoptingVBisthatacontinuallyexposedtofast-pacedsound,g

3、raphics,noviceprogrammercanrapidlylearnenoughVBtoanimationandgames.ItcanbearguedthatthesearetheproduceimpressivelookingGUIprogram(Tanall&kindsofthingsthatNintendoGenerationstudentswanttoDavey,2001).IthasbeenclaimedthatVBisthesimplestdevelopwhenlearningComputerScience.

4、Asaresult,programminglanguagefordevelopingthecommoncomputerprogrammingeducatorshavestartedtouseWindowsapplicationsandthatthequalityofapplicationsgamestoengageandmotivatestudentswhoarelearningdevelopedinVBcanbeashighasthosedevelopedinprogramming.However,therearedifficu

5、ltiesinteachingC++(Sink,2002).novicestoprogramusinggames.Inmanycases,itistoocomplicatedfornovicestobeginprogrammingwiththeRecentresearchhasshownthatteachingVBusingtheextensivepackages,libraries,andavailableOOlanguagesdynamicvisualization(Hu,2004)offlowchartsandcodewhe

6、ntheyarerequiredtodevelopgames.Moreover,themakesiteasierforstudentstoobtainimmediatefeedbackgamesdevelopmentseemtrivialtotheNintendoonvariablesbasedonthestep-by-stepexecutionundergenerationifwedonotincludeAI.Unfortunately,AIprogramcontrol.Additionally,itwasfoundthatus

7、ingalgorithmdevelopmentisnotappropriatefornoviceswhodynamicvisualizationhelpsestablishingadegreeofself-arestilltryingtograspthesimplesyntaxandsemanticsofconfidenceinstudentswhoarelearningprogramming.programming.ThispaperreportsonresearchthatFurtherresearchfoundthatiti

8、sbeneficialtointegrateVBattemptstoexplorehoweducatorscanmotivatestudentswithothercomputersubjectssuchasdatabasetolearnprogra