The Effect of Coding Teaching on Students’ Self-Efficacy Perceptions of Technology and Design Courses

Celalettin Özden and Murat Tezer
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Celalettin Özden: Educational Programs and Instruction, Education Faculty, Near East University, 99138 Nicosia (via Mersin 10 Turkey), North Cyprus, Cyprus
Murat Tezer: Department of Mathematics Teaching, Education Faculty, Near East University, 99138 Nicosia (via Mersin 10 Turkey), North Cyprus, Cyprus

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 10, 1-29

Abstract: The aim of this research was to examine the effect of coding teaching on students’ self-efficacy perceptions of technology and design courses. A consecutive-explanatory design in a combined research model was used in this study. The qualitative dimension of the research was carried out through a random experimental design with pre/post-tests with controlled groups, and the qualitative dimension was conducted through interview techniques. The participants were seventh grade students from Şehit Hüseyin Ruso Secondary school in Lefkoşa, North Cyprus, in the 2016–2017 academic year. The quantitative data were collected through the “Technology and Design Course Self-efficacy Perception Scale”, developed by the researcher, and the qualitative data were collected through interview forms oriented around “Coding Teaching and Revised Technology and Design Course Teaching Program”. The quantitative data were analyzed through related and unrelated sampling t -test, Cohen’s d effect size coefficiency, and two-way variance analyses, and the qualitative data were analyzed through content analysis. A significant difference was observed between the students, taking coding teaching, and self-efficacy perceptions of Technology and Design courses compared to the control groups. Besides, it was noted that students taking coding teaching courses exhibited a positive attitude towards the course, and they practiced their metacognitive thinking and social skills at top levels. Based on the students’ views, it is obvious that coding teaching has a positive effect on their self-efficacy perceptions of the subject.

Keywords: technology and design; curriculum; coding; software teaching; efficiency; scratch; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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