Applying Scaffolding Support Strategies into the Instruction of
Computational Thinking on Rural Area Elementary School Students’ Learning Effect
Student:CHUANG, YA-TING Advisor(s):OU-YANG, YIN
Doctoral Program of Curriculum & Instruction,
Department of Education, National University of Tainan
Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to explore applying scaffolding support strategies to the instruction of computational thinking in rural areas of elementary school students’ computational thinking self-efficacy, learning attitude, and learning achievements. This study adopted the pre-experimental research method. The participants of this study were fifth-grade students in a rural area elementary school in Tainan City. The experiment duration was ten weeks. This study conducted quantitative and qualitative methods to collect data, tools used for this study included the "Computational Thinking Self-Efficacy Scale", " Computational Thinking Learning Attitude Scale" and "Computational Thinking Learning Achievement Test" for quantitative analysis, and "Teacher Observation Record Form", "Teacher Reflection Notes", " Peer Teacher Observation Record Sheet" and "Student Interview Record " for the qualitative analysis.
The research results are as follows:
(1) There is a significant improvement in “abstraction” and “algorithm” aspects of computational thinking self-efficacy; and no significant improvement in “problem- solving” and “pattern recognition”.
(2) There is a significant improvement on confidence in the computational thinking learning attitude of fifth-grade students in elementary schools, but there is no significant difference in enjoyment and value.
(3) There is a significant improvement on the learning effectiveness of computational thinking among fifth-grade students in rural areas.
(4) Applying scaffolding support strategies to computational thinking instruction has a good interactive relationship with fifth-grade students in rural areas.
(5) Teachers are affirmative about applying scaffolding support strategies into the instruction of computational thinking and believe it can positively impact students.
Keywords: Self-efficacy, Computational thinking, Learning achievement, Learning attitude, Scaffolding strategy