The Effect of Block Based Coding Education on the Students`Attitudes about the Secondary School Students`Computational Learning Skills and Coding Learning: Blocky Sample

Authors : Havva Nur TOTAN, Agah Tuğrul KORUCU

Pages : 443-461

Doi:10.17275/per.23.24.10.1

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Publication Date : 2023-01-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of this study is to examine the effect of block-based coding education on middle school students\` computational thinking skills and attitudes towards coding with Blocky example. The training phase of the implementation process was planned and implemented by subject experts in 4 weeks and 2 hours a week. In the research, both quantitative and qualitative research methods and exploratory sequential design were used as mixed methods. In this study, quantitative research method and \`Pretest- Posttest Control Group Semi-Experimental Pattern Model\` was used as the research model. While the \`blocky\` application used in block-based coding education was determined as the independent variable in the research, the students\` computational thinking skills and their attitudes towards learning to code were determined as dependent variables. As a result of the applications and analysis, the difference between the values of students\` computational thinking skills self-efficacy and attitudes towards learning coding before and after education is statistically significant insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p <0.05);. In order to determine the effect size of the Blocky block-based coding environment on the Information Computational Thinking Skills Self-Efficacy Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(REIC); and the Attitudes Toward Learning Coding Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(KEYTÖ);, the eta squared value was examined. It can be said that the Blocky block-based coding environment has a “large” effect size on computational thinking skills, self-efficacy perception and attitude towards learning coding.
Keywords : computational thinking, blocky games, coding, attitude

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