Scratch and unity design in elementary education: A study in initial teacher training.
Background: The present study analyses the design of programming literacy in the sixth grade of Primary Education, starting from the use of simple activities with visual block‐based programming, through Scratch, and progressively linking difficulty to the use of the Unity engine, and the C# language...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 39; no. 5; pp. 1528 - 1539 |
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| Formato: | computer program pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Oct2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=171903674&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 171903674 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 02664909 6M1 jtl: Journal of Computer Assisted Learning issn: 02664909 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Oct2023 vid: 39 iid: 5 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 171903674 163245238 171903674 171903674 10.1111/jcal.12815 171903674 ppf: 1528 ppct: 11 formats: tig: atl: Scratch and unity design in elementary education: A study in initial teacher training. aug: au: Sáez‐López, José Manuel González‐Calero, José Antonio Cózar‐Gutierrez, Ramón del Olmo‐Muñoz, Javier affil: Didactics, School Organization and Special Didactics, Spanish National University of Distance Education (UNED), Madrid, Spain sug: subj: Schools, Elementary Teaching Education Students, College Psychosocial Factors Student Performance Appraisal Student Attitudes Evaluation Software Educational Technology Human Public Sector Colleges and Universities Spain Spain Teachers Descriptive Statistics Quasi-Experimental Studies T-Tests Coding Computer-Assisted Instruction Learning Methods Teaching Methods Questionnaires Nonprobability Sample Male Female Young Adult Funding Source Male Female ab: Background: The present study analyses the design of programming literacy in the sixth grade of Primary Education, starting from the use of simple activities with visual block‐based programming, through Scratch, and progressively linking difficulty to the use of the Unity engine, and the C# language, with simple activities identical to those created in Scratch. Objectives: This research aims to evaluate future teachers' abilities and attitudes regarding programming and its educational possibilities. We intend to evaluate the viability of a teaching proposal that combines a visual block‐based programming environment and a more advanced one, based on C#. Method: In the settings of two public Spanish universities, we analyse the possibilities in the training of future teachers who are studying for a degree in Primary Education Teaching and a degree in Pedagogy. Based on a test and three scales, descriptive data and statistical inference are detailed through a quasi‐experimental design with a Student's t‐test in the first dimension, and a Wilcoxon test in the second dimension. Results: The participants improved their performance and attitudes towards programming with the intervention of the study in the use of coding. Conclusions: It can be concluded that coding is essential in teacher training, and that a greater presence of programming training in higher education is essential. The benefits are visible in the pedagogical approach of coding related to creativity, innovation, motivation, an active approach and interest, highlighting the fact that the implementation of visual block‐based programming by blocks and engines is feasible in Elementary Education. The training proposal—provided by appropriate progression, selection, and sequencing of content—fosters basic and practical teacher training, and this can be defined as an apt training solution. Lay Description: What is already known about this topic: Visual Programming Language (Scratch) provides benefits in educational contextsEducational Technology in classroom provides motivation and encouragement.Active methods and interactions are interesting and beneficial to elementary school students What this paper adds: Visual programming and game engine are feasible in Elementary Education, detailing significant improvements regarding academic outcomesWe found benefits in this pedagogical approach related to creativity, innovation, motivation, active approach and interest. Implications for practice and/or policy: Due to the benefits and positive results obtained in this research it is recommended to implement Visual Programming LanguageWe recommend the introduction to engine in educational settings in 6th grade in primary education though a cross‐curricular implementation.We recommend to apply an active approach, innovation, and learning computational concepts. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: computer program pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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