Songo gameplay develops computational thinking, including the culturally informed practice the review names songoputation¶
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q2 i? Songo board gameplay develops computational thinking skills important for success in science, technology, and engineering. → Rebecca Y. Bayeck 2026
q2 i? The review introduces songoputation, defined as shared involvement of audience and players in computational thinking in a non-collaborative and competitive board game. → Rebecca Y. Bayeck 2026 (2)
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Rebecca Y. Bayeck 2026¶
Rebecca Y. Bayeck. (2026). Exploring learning in classic African board games: a review of recent literature. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-026-10733-9
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The review reports, citing Bayeck (2024), an empirical study of Songo, a game of the Fang/Beti people in Cameroon, as showing gameplay develops computational thinking, understood as thought processes involved in formulating problems and their solutions.
"Bayeck (2024) study reveals that Songo game play develops computational thinking skills, which is an essential skill for every student, and important for success in science, technology, and engineering."
Rebecca Y. Bayeck 2026 (2)¶
Rebecca Y. Bayeck. (2026). Exploring learning in classic African board games: a review of recent literature. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-026-10733-9
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The review describes songoputation as a new concept from Bayeck (2024): a culturally informed way of collaboratively and computationally solving issues, involving audience and players in computational thinking during competitive play.
"This research also introduced a new concept, “songoputation,” which is defined as “the shared involvement of the audience and players in different aspects of computational thinking in a non-collaborative and competitive board game” (p. 271)."
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