Abstract
The purpose of this research is to examine Computer Programming Attitude (CPA), Computer Programming Self-Efficacy (CPSE) and Computational Thinking (CT) skills of middle school students who took the Information Technologies & Software (IT&S) courses and those who did not, and make various analyses according to the relationships between these variables. As a result of the analysis, it was found that CPA and CPSE variables are significant predictors for CT skills, both students who took IT&S course and those who did not take have moderate CPSE, but students who took IT&S course have a statistically significantly higher CPSE. In addition, it was observed that both those who took IT&S course and those who did not have moderate CPA and did not differ statistically, and students who took IT&S course had a high level of CT, while those who did not take the course were moderate and statistically different. It was also found that students who took IT&S courses made cumulative progress in terms of CPSE, CPA and CT variables compared to those who did not. The obtained results are discussed within the framework of middle school IT & S course curriculum held in Turkey in 2018.
Highlights
Almost all of today's middle school students are growing in a world surrounded by digital equipment
This research was carried out to examine Computational Thinking (CT), Computer Programming Self-Efficacy (CPSE), and Computer Programming Attitude (CPA) of middle school students who took Information Technologies & Software (IT&S) course and those who did not take and to make various analyzes according to the relationships between these variables
The results obtained revealed that the variables CPA and CPSE are significant predictors for CT skills
Summary
Almost all of today's middle school students are growing in a world surrounded by digital equipment. The first study that comes to mind about the CT skills at the middle school level, CPSE (Computer Programming Self-Efficacy) and CPA (Computer Programming Attitude) were not studied in the same experiment together From this point of view, the CPA, CPSE and CT of middle school students who took the IT&S course and those who did not take were examined, and various analyses were made according to the relationships between these variables. In this context, research questions of the study can be listed as follows. Studies to reveal the relationships between variables are evaluated within the scope of the relational screening model (Fraenkel & Wallen, 2009)
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