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Analysis of the usability of ScratchJr and Viscuit for the lower grades in elementary school

초등학교 저학년을 위한 교육용 프로그래밍 언어 스크래치주니어와 비스킷 사용성 분석

  • Jung, Naeun (Major of Computer Science Education, Graduate School of Education, Korea Univ.) ;
  • Kim, Jamee (Major of Computer Science Education, Graduate School of Education, Korea Univ.) ;
  • Lee, Wongyu (Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, Korea Univ.)
  • 정나은 (고려대학교 교육대학원 컴퓨터교육전공) ;
  • 김자미 (고려대학교 교육대학원 컴퓨터교육전공) ;
  • 이원규 (고려대학교 정보대학 컴퓨터학과)
  • Received : 2019.06.27
  • Accepted : 2019.08.19
  • Published : 2019.08.31
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Abstract

Since 2019, the informatics education is being conducted for elementary school 5th, 6th grade students through the curriculum revised 2015. But, informatics education is implemented from the lower grades of elementary school in many countries. The purpose of this study was to suggest the direction in the choice of programming language considering characteristics for lower grades student. In order to achieve the goal, evaluation criteria were developed considering the development characteristics of lower grades and necessary elements of educational programming language. The results of analyzing the usability of the two languages based on the criterion are as follows. First, Viscuit can be used to consider the expressive power of students with lower school age or to learn algorithms without learning about programming concepts. Second, ScratchJr is easy to learn the concept of algorithm and programming. This study is meaningful in that has presented implications considering the developmental state of the students in preparation for rhe programming education.

2015개정 교육과정에 의해 2019년부터 초등학교 5, 6학년을 대상으로 실과과목에서 정보교육이 진행되고 있지만, 국외에서는 초등학교 저학년부터 정보교육을 시행하는 경우가 많다. 이에 본 연구는 초등학교 저학년의 특성을 고려한 프로그래밍 언어의 선택 방향성을 제시하기 위한 목적이 있다. 목적 달성을 위해 저학년의 발달특징과 교육용 프로그래밍 언어의 필요요소를 고려하여 평가 준거를 개발하였다. 준거에 근거하여 두 언어의 사용성을 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 비스킷은 학령이 낮은 학생의 표현력 고려, 프로그래밍의 개념에 대한 학습 없이 알고리즘 익히기 등에 활용할 수 있으며, 둘째, 스크래치 주니어는 알고리즘이나 프로그래밍에 대한 개념 학습에 용이한 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 향후, 초등학교 저학년 대상의 프로그래밍 교육을 대비하여 학생들의 발달 상태를 고려한 시사점을 제시했다는데 의의가 있다.

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