Development of the ICT Teachers' Perceptions of the Contribution of Scratch Program to Programming Instruction Scale release_x24iuuct6vd2nbra6ehf24jmju

by Serife Nur Yildiz, Alev Ateş Çobanoğlu, Tarik Kisla

Published in International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools by ICT in Practice.

2020   p53-71

Abstract

Scratch which is one of the block-based software for facilitating programming teaching is commonly used for beginners of learning programming. However, there is a lack of studies about the perceptions of information and communication technologies (ICT) teachers regarding the contributions of this visual programming language. Therefore, this study deals with developing a scale for measuring ICT teachers' perceptions based on unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) about Scratch's contributions in teaching programming. The sample of the study includes 265 ICT teachers from Turkish Ministry of National Education (MoNE) secondary schools who used Scratch software in their courses. According to exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses results, final version for perceptions scale of ICT teachers regarding the contributions of block-based visual programming language (Scratch) includes 28 items. The Cronbach Alpha coefficient is 0.97. This scale can help the practitioners who aims at understanding the contributions of Scratch and the other block-based visual programming languages from ICT teachers' perspective; the researchers who wish to investigate this contribution according to various variables and the decision-makers of using Scratch in programming instruction programs.  
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