SCRATCH IN TEACHING PROGRAMMING: EFFECT ON PROBLEM SOLVING SKILL AND ATTITUDE

Authors : Rukiye Berna BALA, Füsun Gülderen ALACAPINAR

Pages : 63-81

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Publication Date : 2021-06-19

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The study seeks to identify the effect of the Scratch program used in the teaching programming language to 6th-grade students on student performance, problem-solving skills, and their attitude towards the course on information technologies and to compile student opinions on its implementation. 22 students took part in the study. The study used pre and post-test single-group experimental design. It took 8 weeks. The first five weeks were allocated activities related to behavior in information and concept building. The last three weeks were for behavior related to practice. Students were asked to develop a project that covers objectives mentioned and of interest to them. Achievement test, problem-solving scale, scale on student attitude towards information technologies course were data collection tools used and an interview form was used to take the opinions of students. At the end of the study, it was observed that the post-test achievement scores of students were higher. It was found that the Scratch program had no statistically significant effect on students’ problem-solving skills while there is an increase in post-test scores related to attitude towards the course. It can be said that student opinions on the use of Scratch in a teaching programming language are in general positive.
Keywords : Attitude, Programming, Problem solving skill, Scratch

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