In "Teaching the Nintendo Generation to Program" wird argumentiert, dass die hohe Ausfallsquote in heutigen Informatik-Kursen teilweise Lehrpersonen mit einem veralteten Bild der heutigen Informationsgesellschaft zuzuschreiben ist. Während in Zeiten textbasierter Computerterminals "Hallo-Welt-Programme" Studierende faszinierten, wächst die heutige "Nintendo-Generation" in einer von Multimedia geprägten Welt auf.

The article argues that the high drop-out rates in computer science courses are due to educators having an outdated view of computing and students. Whereas "Hello World" got students excited when computers were still text based,today ’s "Nintendo generation" grows up in multimedia envi- ronments.Educational software needs to correspond to these multimedia environments and to the students ’every day use of computers.Doing so, it extrinsically motivates learners,boosting students ’exploration of the content underlying the software.

Guzdial and Soloway (2002) argue in Teaching the Nintendo Generation to Program that the high dropout rates in computer science courses are caused by the educators' outdated view of information and communication technology. Whereas "Hello World" programs got students excited when computers were still text based, today's "Nintendo generation" grows up in multimedia environments. Educational software needs to correspond to these multimedia environments and to the students' every day use of computers. Doing so, it extrinsically motivates learners, boosting students' exploration of the content underlying the software.