Transition in student motivation during a scratch and an app inventor course

Stavros A. Nikou; Anastasios A. Economides

doi:10.1109/EDUCON.2014.6826234

Transition in student motivation during a scratch and an app inventor course

Stavros A. Nikou, Anastasios A. Economides

Education

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Abstract

Considering the declining enrolling in computing fields and the increasing demand in STEM disciplines, innovative methods should be employed to attract students in computing disciplines. MIT Scratch and App Inventor for Android visual programming environments are two such approaches. This is a comparative study to investigate any differences in the transition of students' motivation to learn programming using Scratch and App Inventor for Android in K-12 educational settings. Intrinsic goal orientation, task value, control of learning beliefs and self efficacy were found to be increased using these two entry-level learning programming environments from the beginning to the middle of the course. No effect on extrinsic motivation was found. Evaluating the transition in motivation throughout the whole course period for both environments (work in progress) will have an impact on educators to retain students' interest in programming and improve their attitudes towards computing.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2014 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1042-1045
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479931910
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2014.6826234
Publication status	Published - 5 Jun 2014
Event	2014 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) - Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 3 Apr 2014 → 5 Apr 2014

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Conference	2014 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)
Abbreviated title	EDUCON 2014
Country/Territory	Turkey
City	Istanbul
Period	3/04/14 → 5/04/14

Keywords

appInventor
computer languages
computer science education
curriculum
motivation
programming
scratch
Android (operating system)
curricula
Curricula
engineering education
mathematical programming
students
sustainable development
computer Science Education
computing disciplines
educational settings
extrinsic motivation
learning programming
visual programming environments

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