Abstract
Computer programming is a problem solving and production process where different skills are executed simultaneously. Programming teaching course is available in curriculums of different levels of universities and some high schools in our country. Students who take this course often have difficulty in classic programming instructional process. Therefore, several approaches and tools are used in programming teaching courses. One of them is called that Scratch program is an educational programming tool that can be downloaded or used online. Scratch programming language, especially developed for new learners, offers the programming instruction to create a visual learning environment and, facilitates learning of programming. Thus, programming course with the use of this new software could be able to make teaching of programming more effective. The aim of this study is to determine the opinions of high school students regarding the use of Scratch program in teaching of programming activities. This study consists of 45 students, study at the 10th grade level in different two state high schools and participate in programming teaching course supported by the Scratch program during the fall semester of 2016-2017. Descriptive analysis were used within the framework of qualitative methods. Semi-structured form consists of open-ended questions were used to collect data. The results of the study showed that students’ opinions are positive in terms of using the scratch program in the programming teaching course considering the themes of motivation, usefulness and ease of use.
Highlights
Son dönemlerde, dünyada öğrencilerin erken yaşlarda programlamayı öğrenmesi gerekliliği araştırmacılar tarafından dile getirilmekte ve bunun üzerine araştırmalar yapılmaktadır
Programming teaching course is available in curriculums of different levels
several approaches and tools are used in programming teaching courses
Summary
Computer programming is a problem solving and production process where different skills are executed simultaneously. Programming teaching course is available in curriculums of different levels of universities and some high schools in our country. Students who take this course often have difficulty in classic programming instructional process. This study consists of 45 students, study at the 10th grade level in different two state high schools and participate in programming teaching course supported by the Scratch program during the fall semester of 2016-2017. 21.yüzyılda bireylerin; problem çözme, yaratıcılık, algoritmik düşünme gibi özelliklere sahip olmasının bilgisayar programlama ile kazandırılacağı düşüncesidir(Shin, Park ve Bae, 2013; Karabak ve Güneş, 2013; Monroy-Hernández ve Resnick, 2008). Alan yazında bu programlama ortamlarının kodlama öğretimindeki etkisini anlamak ve belirlemek için çok sayıda çalışma bulunmaktadır(Shin ve Park, 2014; Gülbahar ve Kalelioğlu, 2014; Ozoran, Çağıltay ve Topallı, 2012; Wang, Huang ve Hwang, 2014; Nam, Kim ve Lee, 2010)
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