Real Coding and Real Games: Design and Development of a Middle School Curriculum Using Unity 3D

Mete Akcaoglu; Selcuk Dogan; Charles B. Hodges

doi:10.1007/s11528-022-00782-1

Real Coding and Real Games: Design and Development of a Middle School Curriculum Using Unity 3D

Mete Akcaoglu, Selcuk Dogan, Charles B. Hodges

Georgia Southern University

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In this paper, we describe the design, development, and implementation of a curriculum based on teaching computer science using an industry-standard game-design software: Unity 3D. We discuss the theoretical underpinnings of our instructional design process and steps we have taken to introduce complexity and maintain student motivation. We discuss the challenges of this implementation and possible solutions and detail the additional steps related to teacher professional development, which is a key element for success of new and innovative curricular implementations such as ours.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	931-937
Number of pages	7
Journal	TechTrends
Volume	66
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-022-00782-1
State	Published - Nov 2022

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Computer Science Applications

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C#
Computer science education
Game-design
Unity3D

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