Desarrollo y análisis de un juego de mesa algorítmico para favorecer el pensamiento computacional

Abstract

This work focuses on the design, development and analysis of a playful ludic proposal, with the aim of favouring logical reasoning through algorithms.Specifically, it is an educational game designed as part of an outreach project of the National University of Río Negro, accredited and financed by the Secretariat of University Policies. In particular, it is a board unplugged game created to foster skills that favour computational thinking in students in the last years of primary school, in educational establishments in the city of San Carlos de Bariloche. This playful activity consists of solving a problem in a cooperative manner, following an algorithm (sequence of instructions), according to pre-established rules. In each participating school, a quantitative-qualitative survey was also carried out, involving the protagonists, i.e. teachers, male and female students. The results indicate the importance of using a game as a didactic material to initiate and/or reinforce the development of a programming language.