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Totan, Havva Nur; Korucu, Agâh Tugrul – Participatory Educational Research, 2023
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…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Science Education, Student Attitudes, Computation
Boldbaatar, Nomin; Sendurur, Emine – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2019
The emergence of block-based environments aims to facilitate the problems caused by the abstractness of text-based languages. Recent studies generally focus on the effect of having block-based experience on programming education. This study is an attempt to observe the transfer of previous programming experiences (block-based vs. text-based) into…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Computer Simulation, Computer Software
Gunbatar, Mustafa Serkan; Karalar, Halit – European Journal of Educational Research, 2018
This study aims to assess the effects of teaching programming with mBlock on self-efficacy perceptions and attitudes considering programming. Particularly, this study tries to research whether there is a gender difference in middle school students or not. The study was conducted in pre-test/post-test quasi experimental design. The participants of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Gender Differences
Korkmaz, Özgen – Online Submission, 2016
The aim of the study was to present the effect of Lego Mindstorms Ev3 based design activities on students' attitudes towards learning computer programming, self-efficacy beliefs and levels of academic achievement. The research is a pretest-posttest with control group semi-experimental study. The study group of the research consisted of 53 students…
Descriptors: Programming, Design, Student Attitudes, Computer Science Education
Korkmaz, Özgen – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences, 2016
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the Scratch and Lego Mindstorms Ev3 programming activities on academic achievement with respect to computer programming, and on the problem-solving and logical-mathematical thinking skills of students. This study was a semi-experimental, pretest-posttest study with two experimental groups and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Programming, Computer Science Education
Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Seepersaud, Deborah, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2017
For the fortieth time, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Jacksonville, Florida. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two volumes.…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Games
Can, Gulfidan; Cagiltay, Kursat – Educational Technology & Society, 2006
Teachers' perceptions are critical to the success or failure of integrating computer games with educational features into classrooms. Consequently, it is essential to gather information about concerns they might have in regard to using these games in the classroom. This study was conducted to investigate the perceptions and future plans of a group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Educational Games, Video Games
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers