SGER: Storytelling Alice and Game Design in Middle School

该SGER提案的目标是收集有关Storytelling Alice编程环境是否可以被中学生用于成对创建游戏的初步数据，以及它是否显示出与信息技术（IT）建立流畅性的潜力。 讲故事爱丽丝是一个面向对象的编程系统，似乎有很大的潜力，从事中学生在编程，并建立IT流畅。与其他游戏设计软件相比，它具有降低儿童学习障碍的功能，介绍了编程概念和功能，并具有旨在吸引IT中代表性不足的儿童的图形和字符（例如，女孩）。尽管这个系统直观的吸引力，以及它在教育工作者中的流行，但很少有人研究它如何被用来编程游戏，或者涉及到的社会因素。对于这项探索性研究，40名中学生在一个主要是拉丁美洲/学区将创建成对的游戏，使用讲故事爱丽丝。教学方法将建立在游戏开发课程的基础上，该课程已在中学女生中开发和测试，使用另外两个软件系统。这项研究将包括男孩。学生数据将包括访谈，案例研究观察，表现评估和学生的游戏分析。

The goal of this SGER proposal is to collect preliminary data on whether the Storytelling Alice programming environment can be used by middle school students to create games in pairs, and whether it shows some potential for building fluency with information technology (IT). Storytelling Alice is an object-oriented programming system that appears to have great potential for engaging middle school children in programming, and for building IT fluency. In contrast to other game design software, it has features that lower the barriers for children to learn it, introduces programming concepts and capabilities, and hasgraphics and characters that are designed to appeal to children who are underrepresented in IT (e.g., girls) . Despite the intuitive appeal of this system, and its popularity among educators, there has been little researchon how it can be used to program games, or the social factors involved. For this exploratory study, 40 middle school students in a predominantly Latino/a school district will create games in pairs, using Storytelling Alice. The teaching approach will build on the game development curriculum that has been developed and tested among middle school girls, using two other software systems. The study will include boys. Student data will include interviews, case study observations, performance assessments, and analysis of students' games.