Abstract:

The aim of this research is to study the impact of robotic coding practices on the attitudes of high school students towards computer and the perceptions of self-qualification towards the knowledge processing thinking skills. The research was carried out with a single-group pre-test-sontest control with a groupless semi-experimental model. The study’s work group consists of 63 volunteer students who continue the 11th class training of the IT department of a professional and technical high school located within the Siirt province borders in the southeastern Anadolu region. The training of robotic applications is provided by a trainer with a certificate of robotic training. The study was carried out in a total of 30 hours of training. To collect research data, the "computer-to-computer attitude scale" and the "information-processive thinking ability self-capability perception scale" were used. The scales applied before and after the experiment in the study were analyzed using the SPSS 21 program. Since the research data is determined to show normal distribution, the analyses have been performed by parametric testing techniques. The study found that robotic coding practices reduced concerns about the attitudes of high school students to the computer, increased self-qualification perceptions for information processing thinking skills. According to the results obtained, recommendations are considered in the form of the use of robotic coding practices in different curricula, the provision of practical service training and the enhancement of interdisciplinary experimental research.