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The Correlation between Unplugged Activities using SW Educational Board Games and the Computational Thinking of Elementary School Students

SW교육용 보드게임 활용 언플러그드 활동과 초등학생의 컴퓨팅 사고력의 관계

  • Received : 2020.07.24
  • Accepted : 2020.08.30
  • Published : 2020.08.31

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to statistically analyze the correlation between unplugged activities using SW educational board games and computational thinking ability of elementary school students, and then find a method of SW education through the results. The study was conducted with 40 students in the 5th grade at an Elementary School in Incheon. Students participated at unplugged activities using a board game for SW education with 12 hours of teacher guidance and 10 hours of free activities. After that, a post-test was conducted to analyze the degree of improvement in computational thinking ability. As the results, it was confirmed that the comprehensive computational thinking ability was improved, and that the four areas of the sub-domains of computational thinking ability were improved to a significant level. These results suggest that providing a basic SW education experience by utilizing a board game for SW education helps to improve students' computational thinking ability.

본 연구의 목적은 SW교육용 보드게임을 활용한 언플러그드 활동과 초등학생의 컴퓨팅 사고력의 상관관계를 통계적으로 분석한 후 그 결과를 통해 SW교육의 방법을 찾는 데 있다. 연구는 인천광역시 소재 A초등학교 5학년 학생 40명을 대상으로 진행되었다. 컴퓨팅 사고력 검사를 사전에 실시한 후 SW교육용 보드게임을 활용한 언플러그드 활동을 교사 안내 12차시, 자유 활동 10차시로 구성하여 진행하였다. 그 후 사후 검사를 실시하여 컴퓨팅 사고력의 향상 정도를 분석하였다. 그 결과 컴퓨팅 사고력이 향상되었고 컴퓨팅 사고력의 하위 영역 중 4가지 영역에서 유의미한 수준으로 향상된 것을 확인하였다. 이를 통해 SW교육용 보드게임을 활용하여 기초적인 SW교육 경험을 제공하는 것으로도 학생들의 컴퓨팅 사고력을 향상하는데 도움이 되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

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