A European initiative CODING4GIRLS (C4G) promotes the acquisition of programming skills through a game development process with the aim of preparing young learners, especially girls, to enter computer science careers and raising awareness of the relationship between ICT and the real world. Using the C4G game development-based learning methodology, students develop serious games for which they need to learn specific programming concepts. This paper presents the results of a study with a mixed-gender group of both boys and girls (N = 773) carried out with the aim of examining the effectiveness of the C4G development-based learning approach in lower secondary education in Croatia. In-service and pre-service teachers organized learning activities for students based on the C4G learning scenarios, which include the development of games in the programming language Snap! with topics that are interesting for both boys and girls and which involve solving real-world problems. The results showed that students accepted the C4G methodology and were motivated to learn how to program by developing games for solving real-world problems. Teachers and experts consider this approach as a relevant and effective method for achieving learning objectives related to programming, applicable and suitable for lower secondary students (11–15 year olds).

一项欧洲倡议 CODING4GIRLS (C4G) 通过游戏开发过程促进编程技能的获得，目的是让年轻学习者，尤其是女孩，为进入计算机科学职业做好准备，并提高对 ICT 与现实世界之间关系的认识。使用基于 C4G 游戏开发的学习方法，学生可以开发他们需要学习特定编程概念的严肃游戏。本文介绍了一项针对男孩和女孩的混合性别群体的研究结果（N = 773）的目的是检查 C4G 基于发展的学习方法在克罗地亚初中教育中的有效性。在职和岗前教师根据C4G学习场景为学生组织学习活动，其中包括使用编程语言Snap!开发游戏！主题对男孩和女孩都很有趣，并且涉及解决现实世界的问题。结果表明，学生们接受了 C4G 方法，并有动力通过开发游戏来解决现实世界的问题来学习如何编程。教师和专家认为这种方法是实现与编程相关的学习目标的相关且有效的方法，适用于初中学生（11-15 岁）。