How can teachers use video games to support primary students to develop their understanding of programming concepts when studying computer science?

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This study will examine how commercial video gamesprimarily designed for entertainment can be used withincomputer science (CS) education to introduce primarystudents to programming concepts. CS is recognised asessential to students' education, although there is concernaround the challenges pupils face when learning toprogram. Commercially developed video games have beenshown to increase engagement and improve attitudestowards computing, with carefully selected games havingthe potential to support students in developing theirunderstanding of programming concepts throughconnecting abstract concepts with concrete elements withingames, which can be implemented within their ownprograms. The majority of CS education research focuseson older students, with limited evidence available foreffective approaches to teaching primary aged children,which this study aims to address.