Development of game-based learning media to encourage students’ computational thinking
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Technological developments in the 21st century require educators to teach computational thinking (CT) to their students. Educators must have creative ideas in the learning process, one of which is utilizing learning media. Game-based learning (GBL) media is one of the most popular. In this research, we developed a GBL media which is part of this type of research development. The participants used were junior high school students with a total of 118 students. After testing the effectiveness, it is known that the GBL media developed can be an alternative media that supports students' better CT learning outcomes. This positive response is supported because the games provided have been adapted to the needs of students. Although this research has contributed to the theory of CT and GBL, this research still has some limitations. In the future, other researchers can deepen by differentiating the subjects, the level of participants, or the type of media used.
Keywords: Computational thinking; game-based learning; junior high school; research and development.
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