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The aim of this research is to conduct a needs assessment study in order to improve the instructional design of the 'Embedded Systems and Robotic Applications' course taken by the pre-service teachers as an elective course at the Computer Education and Instructional Technologies Department of Uludağ University Faculty of Education. In order to achieve this, individual characteristics and opinions of the participants about the course were identified in five sub-dimensions including their demographic characteristics, previous knowledge levels for the course, self-efficacy perceptions, motivation levels and course expectations. The research was designed on the Naturalistic Inquiry approach. Participants of the study were 14 senior pre-service teachers taking the course in 2017-2018 Spring Semester. The maximum variation sampling was chosen as the sampling method. The research data were collected through the semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers. The findings indicated that the motivation of the participants was high, the previous knowledge levels were low and the previous knowledge levels of the programming-based courses were related to the self-efficacy perceptions gained through the course. In the light of these findings, some strategic decisions regarding the instructional design of the course were taken.

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