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The Effect of Coding Education on Students’ Efficiency and Scratch Achievements

Aysegül Büyükkarci*, Erdal Taslidere**

* Faculty, Department of Education, Süleyman Demirel University, Turkey.

** Department of Education, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey

Periodicity:July - September'2021
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jet.18.2.17970

Abstract

Coding education has been offered to primary school students due to certain reasons: a) coding improves students' problem solving and creative thinking skills; b) it has high visual-quality and easy-to-use block-based tools. In this study, the effects of coding education on 4^th grade students' self-efficacy and scratch coding achievement were examined. The study used a single group pretest-posttest weekly experimental design. The participants consist of 60 students studying in two classes of a primary school located in a small district city of Turkey. Self-efficacy scale and Scratch coding achievement test were used as data collection tools. Following the pre-test applications, coding training was given with the Scratch program for three weeks, and then post-test applications were carried out. In order to examine the effects of the training on students' self-efficacy and scratch coding achievement, dependent samples t-tests were conducted. The results showed that this training significantly affected students' self-efficacy and Scratch coding achievement.

Keywords

Coding Training, Scratch, Block-Based Coding Tools, Coding, Self-efficacy, Scratch Coding.

How to Cite this Article?

Buyukkarci, A., and Taslidere, E. (2021). The Effect of Coding Education on Students’ Efficiency and Scratch Achievements. i-manager's Journal of Educational Technology, 18(2), 63-74. https://doi.org/10.26634/jet.18.2.17970

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