Game Design of Computational Thinking Games inspired by the Bebras Challenge Evaluation Instrument
Bebras test, computational thinking, games
Several skills are required in this century, among them, computer-related skills. As Blinkstein (2008) states, the list of skills required for this century is quite extensive. However, he emphasizes computational thinking as being one of the most significant as well as least understood. Computational Thinking (PC) can be defined as a problem-solving process that encompasses concepts, skills, and practices in Computer Science. Among the international effort to disseminate Computational Thinking we have highlighted the Bebras Test. The main goal of the Test is to motivate primary and secondary school students as well as the general public to become interested in computing and the PC. The teaching of Computational Thinking is important if it is widespread, but it is observed that much is still lacking in the digital games to work the proposed skills for the teaching and learning of the PC. Thus the present work aims to investigate the quality of Game Design of educational games created from questions of the Bebras Challenge Test.