By learning to code with Roblox, CodaKid students also learn essential 21st century skills. Using an online gaming platform to teach coding for kids is an approach known as the “carrot-stick” method—a method that many educators actually approve of.
The carrot-stick method basically leverages the promise of a reward (or the reward itself) to motivate learners. Learners put forth the effort to achieve their goals because they want the gratification that comes with accomplishment—and the prize. It’s a gentler, more encouraging teaching method that’s more effective and sustainable than its counterpart, which basically uses the threat of failure to motivate the student.
So although Roblox Studio editor can be a bit challenging to master at first, students will ideally be inspired to keep going and overcome the hiccups they encounter when they create their first advanced obstacle course or full-fledged tycoon game. And since they’ll be working with Lua—which is a simpler, more laid-back programming language—they won’t be too challenged or too frustrated with the actual coding.
Learning the fundamentals of programming will also introduce them to some true-to-life skills they can take with them in the real world, such as patience, perseverance, problem solving, situational analysis, and a bootstrapped version of the scientific method (formulating a hypothesis and then testing it, basically).
Through Roblox coding for kids, there’s much less technical jargon and much more fun learning.
