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Effects of SW Education Using App Inventor on Computational Thinking and Attitude towards Computer of Elementary School Students

앱 인벤터 활용 SW 교육이 초등학생의 컴퓨팅 사고력과 컴퓨터에 대한 태도에 미치는 영향

  • 김거현 (대구교육대학교 컴퓨터교육과) ;
  • 유인환 (대구교육대학교 컴퓨터교육과)
  • Received : 2017.05.22
  • Accepted : 2017.07.03
  • Published : 2017.08.31
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Abstract

SW education is considered important in the present age where various sciences converge. According to this tendency, SW education was included in the regular education course in Korea, which aims to develop the learner's CT. Therefore, researches on CT and educational tools are being activated. App Inventor is a simple app development tool that has many advantages over traditional tools. In this study, we developed and applied a SW instruction program that uses an App Inventor to develop CT for elementary school students. Moreover, CT was classified into two elements-calculative perception and calculative creativity- and performed tests after applying SW instruction programs. Furthermore, attitude towards computer were classified into three elements-c computer anxiety, computer preference, and computer confidence- and conducted tests. After performing paired t-test pretest-posttest matching samples on test outcomes, it was found that the CT of the learners who applied the program was increased, and the attitude towards computer also showed a positive change.

여러 학문이 융합하는 현시대에 SW 교육이 중요시되고 있다. 이러한 추세에 맞추어 우리나라의 정규교육과정에 학습자의 CT 신장을 목적으로 하는 SW 교육이 포함되었다. 이에 따라 CT 관련 연구와 교육 도구에 관한 연구가 활성화되고 있다. 앱 인벤터는 간단한 앱 개발 도구로써 기존의 도구들보다 장점이 많다. 이에 본 연구에서는 초등학생을 대상으로 CT 개발을 목적으로 인벤터 활용 SW 교육 프로그램을 개발 적용하였다. 또한 SW 교육 프로그램 적용 후 CT를 계산적 인지력과 계산적 창의력 2개 요소로 나누어 검사하였고, 컴퓨터 관련 태도를 컴퓨터 불안, 컴퓨터 호감, 컴퓨터 자신감 3개 요소로 나누어 검사하였다. 검사 결과를 사전 사후 검사 대응표본 t검정해 본 결과, 프로그램 적용 대상 학습자들의 CT가 신장된 것을 확인할 수 있었고, 컴퓨터 관련 태도 또한 긍정적인 변화를 보인 것으로 나타났다.

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