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Help students develop a more thorough understanding of CS topics by designing and building games.

  • This can be used to help with teaching algorithms, data structures, and other more complex concepts.

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  • Algorithms and Design
  • Data Structures
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"Promising new pedagogical approaches for teaching high school computer science" by Chris Stephenson, under "Gaming"

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