The Effect of Project Based Learning Approach on Computational Thinking Skills and Programming Self-Efficacy Beliefs

The aim of this study is to reveal the effect of project use on students' self-efficacy beliefs towards programming and their computational thinking skills. A one-group pretest-posttest experimental design was used in the study. The research was conducted in 2018 with 14 12th-grade students in...

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Published in:Academic Journal of Information Technology Vol. 14; no. 55; pp. 320 - 334
Main Authors: ERGİN, Hayrünnisa, ARIKAN, Yüksel Deniz
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Istanbul AJIT - e: Online Academic Journal of Information Technology 01.11.2023
Akademik Bilişim Araştırmaları Derneği
Subjects:
Algorithms
bilgi i̇şlemsel düşünme
computational thinking
Critical thinking
Design of experiments
Effectiveness
Problem solving
programlama öz yeterlilik i̇nancı
programlama öğretimi
Programming
programming instruction
programming self-efficacy beliefs
proje tabanlı öğrenme
project-based learning
purdue model
purdue modeli
Self-efficacy
Skills
Software
Students
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Abstract The aim of this study is to reveal the effect of project use on students' self-efficacy beliefs towards programming and their computational thinking skills. A one-group pretest-posttest experimental design was used in the study. The research was conducted in 2018 with 14 12th-grade students in a Vocational and Technical High School in Izmir. In the research, the application of project use in programming teaching lasted 18 weeks. The research data were collected with the Self-Efficacy Scale for Programming (SESP) developed by Altun and Mazman (2012) and the Computer Thinking Skill Levels Scale (CTSLS) developed by Korkmaz, Çakır, Özden, Oluk, Sarıoğlu (2015). Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test, one of the nonparametric tests, was used to analyze the research data. As a result of the study, it was observed that the use of projects in programming instruction had a positive effect on students' self-efficacy in programming, while it did not have a significant effect on their computational thinking skills. Based on the results of the research, it is recommended to teach block-based programming before text-based programming, to include game-themed activities, to ensure active participation of students, and to use multidimensional and alternative measurement tools to measure computational thinking skills to comprehend algorithm stages in programming instruction.
AbstractList The aim of this study is to reveal the effect of project use on students' self-efficacy beliefs towards programming and their computational thinking skills. A one-group pretest-posttest experimental design was used in the study. The research was conducted in 2018 with 14 12th-grade students in a Vocational and Technical High School in Izmir. In the research, the application of project use in programming teaching lasted 18 weeks. The research data were collected with the Self-Efficacy Scale for Programming (SESP) developed by Altun and Mazman (2012) and the Computer Thinking Skill Levels Scale (CTSLS) developed by Korkmaz, Çakır, Özden, Oluk, Sarıoğlu (2015). Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test, one of the nonparametric tests, was used to analyze the research data. As a result of the study, it was observed that the use of projects in programming instruction had a positive effect on students' self-efficacy in programming, while it did not have a significant effect on their computational thinking skills. Based on the results of the research, it is recommended to teach block-based programming before text-based programming, to include game-themed activities, to ensure active participation of students, and to use multidimensional and alternative measurement tools to measure computational thinking skills to comprehend algorithm stages in programming instruction.
Author ARIKAN, Yüksel Deniz
ERGİN, Hayrünnisa
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Critical thinking
Design of experiments
Effectiveness
Problem solving
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