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Publication Date: 2016-Jan
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The Effect of Scratch-Based Game Activities on Students' Attitudes, Self-Efficacy and Academic Achievement
Korkmaz, Özgen
Online Submission, I.J. Modern Education and Computer Science v8 n1 p16-23 Jan 2016
The purpose of the present research is to designate the effects of Scratch-based game activities on students' attitudes towards learning computer programming, self-efficacy beliefs and levels of academic achievement. The research was conducted through a pre-test-post-test control group quasi-experimental study. The study group consists of 49 students studying at the Faculty of Engineering. The test group was administered a teaching method with Scratch-based game activities. On the other hand, the control group was directly taught C++ topics via an editor. Research data were collected via an implementing academic achievement test (Kr-20= 0,71), attitude towards a learning programming scale (Cronbach's Alpha = 0.84) and a computer programming self-efficacy scale (Cronbach's Alpha = 0.966). Our findings are as follows: A significant number of the students consider themselves as mid-level efficient in C++ programming. Scratch-based game activities render no effects on students' attitudes and self-efficacy perceptions. On the other hand, Scratch-based game activities render significant contributions on students' academic achievements in C++ programming language.
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Programming, Educational Games, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement, Pretests Posttests, Quasiexperimental Design, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Teaching Methods, Achievement Tests, Student Surveys, Competence, Instructional Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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