• The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.83-94
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to analyze factors affecting elementary school students' computational thinking and SW education attitude using a 3-level multi-level models. The results of this study are as follows: First, 'Computer at home', 'SW competition participation experience', 'SW education satisfaction', and 'SW awareness' have a statistically significant effect on the initial value of computational thinking while 'SW period of education' and 'SW education experience at after school' have a statistically effect on the change rate of computational thinking. Second, 'SW awareness', 'SW education satisfaction' and 'gender' have a positive effect on the initial values of SW education attitude whereas 'SW period of education' has a slight negative influence on the change rate of SW education attitude.

• Journal of Creative Information Culture
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.135-143
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• 2019

In this study, the perceptions on SW education of K-12 students and teachers were surveyed and analyzed. At the primary school level, there was no significant difference in SW attitude based on school location. However, at the secondary level, students from metropolitan areas showed significantly higher SW attitude scores. In the case of gender, male students showed higher SW attitude scores both in primary and secondary schools. With regard to attitude differences based on prior experience of SW education, students with prior experience showed higher attitude scores in SW education in both primary and secondary schools. The awareness survey among teachers showed that both primary and secondary school teachers showed positive responses to SW education. For the successful induction of the SW education at K-12, four factors (participants, curriculum, teaching-learning method, and support from inside and outside of school) were highlighted.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.307-316
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• 2018

In this study, we conduct SW education using robot in elementary school, to examine the effects of SW education using robot and identify differences dependeing on the presence of assistance teacher. In order to achieve the purpose of this study, SW education using robot was conducted to 29 students. After collecting data, we examined mean difference using matched pair t-test and ANCOVA. Our results show that SW education using robot significantly improved CT and attitudes toward robots. CT, however, was not significantly improved in control group. Further, although improvement in attitudes toward robots was not associated with presence of assistance teacher, presence of assistance teacher did play a role in improvement of CT. This study was investigated effects of the SW education using robot and identify differences depending on the presence of assistant teacher, and expanded the understanding of the SW education using robot.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.447-455
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of SW education using robot based on card coding on learning motivation and attitude of elementary school students. To do this, we conducted 8-hour SW education based on the CT concept of sequence, repetition, event, and control using the Truetrue, which is coded by command card for the 3rd grade of elementary school students. For the experiment, we examined the learning motivation for SW education and the attitude toward SW education based on the robot in advance. As a result, the students' motivation to learn SW education showed a statistically significant improvement. In addition, the attitude toward robot-based SW education improved statistically significantly as "good, convenient, interesting, easy, friendly, active, special, understandable, easy, simple". These results are expected to contribute to the expansion of education through various approaches of SW education.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.371-380
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• 2017

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.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.123-130
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to investigate the process in which children center students are interested in SW education through the change of perception of SW education. Since the students in the regional Community Child Center are different in grade and age, they have suggested curriculum and teaching-learning process for each level. As a result, the students' attitude and satisfaction with SW education increased and it was found that the education program for the underprivileged is desperately needed.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.27 no.9
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• pp.287-294
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• 2022

This study aims to investigate the effect of self-directed learning ability and cooperative ability on educational satisfaction through learning attitude in SW education for middle and high school students. For this purpose, a survey was conducted on middle and high school students residing in A metropolitan city, and the responses of 321 students were analyzed. The main research results are as follows. First, male students' self-directed learning ability and learning attitude were statistically significantly higher than female students. High school students were statistically significantly higher in all variables than middle school students. Second, learning attitude was found to partially mediate the effect of self-directed learning ability on educational satisfaction. Third, learning attitude partially mediated the effect of cooperative ability on educational satisfaction. The results of this study suggest that to increase satisfaction with SW education, SW education strategies must be differentiated according to gender and school level, and instructional design that can promote the above three variables is required.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.475-486
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• 2016

As software transforms the structure of industry, it becomes a key measure in determining market competitiveness. Therefore, various educational efforts have been attempted in Korea to cultivate software professionals to secure software competitiveness. While previous studies had focused mainly on the cognitive effectiveness of software education, the authors tried to focus on affective perspectives. The authors, therefore, aimed to analyze the predictive power of the recognition of software importance and learning flow on affective outcomes, such as efficacy of computational thinking skills, and attitude toward, and satisfaction with, software education. The data were collected from 103 sixth grade students who participated in a software education. Results show that software importance and learning flow had significant predictive power on affective outcomes; Learning flow mediated the relationship between software importance and affective outcomes. This study provides practical implications for improving affective outcomes in the design and implementation of software education.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2019.01a
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• pp.213-214
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 초등 현직 교사 146명을 대상으로 실시한 소프트웨어 교육 교수효능감 검사지(Software Education Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument, SE-TEBI) 조사 결과에 따라 교사의 성별, 지역, 경력, 연수 경험 및 시간, SW 교육에 대한 태도와의 상관을 알아보기 위하여 이변량 상관관계 분석을 실시하였다. 그 결과, 소프트웨어 교육 교수효능감(Software Education Teaching Efficacy, SE-TE)에 가장 높은 관련성을 보이는 것은 SW 교육에 대한 태도였으며, 그 다음의 관련성을 보이는 것은 연수 경험 및 시간이었다. 성별은 부적 상관을 보였으며, 지역과 경력은 통계적으로 유의한 상관을 보이지 않았다. 이러한 분석결과는 초등 교사의 SE-TE를 증진시키기 위해서는 SW교육에 대한 긍정적인 태도를 함양할 수 있도록 지속적인 연수 경험을 제공하여야 함을 시사한다.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.57-68
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• 2015

Since the entering SW-centered society in which people make the best use of SW in order to express their own personal ideas or to solve problems, the significance of SW education has been emphasized. It is generally known that storytelling provides motivational and contextual environments. This study conducted an experimental research to find out how Aesop's fables-applied SW educational program would influence computational thinking. Of these students who had participated in an SW educational camp on every Saturday for a total of 6 weeks, the experimental group learned on basic concepts of Scratch programming as working on Aesop's fables and they were led to diverse SW activities such as stories, games, simulations arts, and others. After that, the study carried out a comparison research in relation to the groups' SW concepts, SW implementation and attitudes toward SW education. The result shows that the experimental group came up with higher levels of SW concepts, implementation and positive attitude toward SW education.