ADAPTATION INTO TURKISH OF THE COMPUTATIONAL THINKING TEST FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

IF 0.8 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Problems of Education in the 21st Century Pub Date : 2022-12-25 DOI:10.33225/pec/22.80.765

Menşure Alkış Küçükaydın, Çiğdem Akkanat

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Abstract

Computational thinking is recognized as a vital skill related to problem-solving in technological and non-technological fields. The existence of different sub-domains related to this skill has been pointed out. Therefore, there is a need for tools that measure these different sub-domains. Because of its structure that includes different skills, computational thinking has a structure different from that of the tools used to measure academic skills. Moreover, no special programming knowledge is required for tools that measure this ability. In order to measure this skill in younger age groups, it is possible to apply the measurement tool without adult support. At this point, it is aimed to reveal the computational thinking skills of Turkish children by adapting a test developed for the 7-9 age groups into Turkish. For this purpose, an adaptation research study was performed for TechCheck-2 developed by Relkin et al. (2020). In the study, a total of 372 primary school students studying in Ankara were contacted. Item and test analyses were performed on the data obtained as a result of the application of the test. The distinctiveness and difficulty values of the items making up the test and Kuder Richardson-20 scores were calculated. At the end of the analyses, it was seen that the test could be used as a valid and reliable measurement tool for Turkish children. Keywords: computational thinking, item analysis, test adaptation, primary school student

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小学生计算思维测试对土耳其语的适应

计算思维被认为是技术和非技术领域解决问题的重要技能。指出了与该技能相关的不同子域的存在。因此，需要一些工具来度量这些不同的子域。由于计算思维的结构包含不同的技能，它的结构不同于用来衡量学术技能的工具。此外，测量这种能力的工具不需要特殊的编程知识。为了在较年轻的年龄组中测量这项技能，可以在没有成人支持的情况下应用测量工具。在这一点上，它的目的是揭示土耳其儿童的计算思维能力，通过适应为7-9岁年龄组开发的测试到土耳其。为此，我们对Relkin等人(2020)开发的TechCheck-2进行了适应性研究。本研究共接触了372名在安卡拉学习的小学生。项目和测试分析是对应用该测试所获得的数据进行的。计算构成测试的条目的显著性和难度值以及库德-理查森-20分数。在分析结束时，可以看出该测试可以作为土耳其儿童的有效和可靠的测量工具。关键词:计算思维，项目分析，测试适应，小学生

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期刊介绍： Problems of Education in the 21st Century is an international, periodical scientific journal publishing original research across the whole of education. The journal''s Editorial Board and staff are committed to building PEC into the leading scientific journal in its field by publishing articles of outstanding scientific quality that merit the attention and interest of the whole educational community.