• Title/Summary/Keyword: SW learning motives

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A Study on SW Career Selection According to the Internal and External SW Learning Motives of Elementary School Students in Educational Underprivileged Areas (교육 소외지역 초등학생의 내·외적 SW학습 동기 성향에 따른 SW진로 선택 연구 -인천광역시 읍·면 지역을 중심으로-)

  • Lee, Jaeho;Jang, Junhyung;Kim, Junghoon
    • Journal of Creative Information Culture
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.187-196
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    • 2021
  • This study was conducted as a study on the SW career education of students from underprivileged areas, which is a necessary condition for SW education to become a universal education or where research has not been conducted. Therefore, this study conducted a SW career selection model using structural equations for 2,231 students in grades 3 to 6 in 6 schools located in the marginalized areas of eup/myeon. As a result of the study, it was analyzed that the intrinsic SW learning motive of students from underprivileged areas did not affect their SW career choice, whereas the external SW learning motive was analyzed to affect their SW career choice. This is inferred that the intrinsic SW learning motive does not affect the SW career choice due to the lack of SW experience of students in underprivileged areas. The correlation between internal and external SW learning motivation was analyzed to be significant. In the future, as students from the underprivileged class have more SW education experiences, research should be conducted on how internal SW learning motives affect SW career choice and how external SW learning motives support internal SW learning motives.

The Development and Application of Coding Stories to Enhance Computational Thinking Abilities (CT 능력 향상을 위한 코딩 동화 개발 및 적용)

  • Jo, Yunju;Chun, Seok-Ju
    • Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.167-176
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    • 2020
  • In this study, We made Computing Stories as a part of the new method of SW education. Also, we have developed unplugged activities using coding stories. We analyzed changes in learning motivation and academic achievement in the core concepts of CT by applying classes to elementary school students. For the development of coding stories, we conducted a questionnaire analysis of 11 expert groups to derive the core concepts of computational Thinking. Using the core concept of Computational Thinking, we developed a coding stories and unplugged activities linked with coding stories. It was confirmed that the score of the core concept of CT before and after class increased from 54.44 to 83.10 and the learning motive was also improved from the average score of 103.48 to 110.44. The results showed that the Coding Stories were effective in the students' Computational thinking achievement and SW learning motives.