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Investigating the Factors Affecting Students’ Satisfaction in a Programming Course Designed in 3D Virtual Worlds

The main purpose of this study is to understand the satisfaction level of students to teach the basics ofprogramming in 3D virtual worlds and investigate the factors affecting their satisfaction. Multiple casestudy with three cases were conducted in three different educational programs: as curricular (Case-1),extra-curricular (Case-2) and after-school (Case-3). Satisfaction scale adopted from previous study wasused to understand current level of satisfaction and semi-structured interviews were conducted withparticipants to reveal factors affecting satisfaction. Descriptive analysis of quantitative data showed thatthat the most satisfied students were those from Case-1 (M = 4.35), Case-3 (M = 4.28) and Case-2(M = 3.99), respectively. Single case analysis of qualitative data revealed the factors increasing anddecreasing satisfaction of the students. Apart from the story about the tasks, group study, objectconstruction, having tasks, off-task activities, 3D environment and tour in the environment emerged asan increasing factor across all three cases at different ratios. Technical problems, studying alone,difficulty of the tasks, and avatar-related problems were the factors stated by some of the students acrossall cases as decreasing factors. Cross-case analysis provided a table which shows the similarities anddifferences among the cases.

3B Sanal Dünyalarda Tasarlanan Bir Programlama Dersinde Öğrencilerin Memnuniyetine Etki Eden Faktörlerin İncelenmesi

Bu çalışmanın amacı 3B sanal dünyalarda programlamanın temellerini öğretmeyi amaçlayan bir derste öğrencilerin memnuniyet seviyelerini ortaya çıkarmak ve öğrencilerin memnuniyetine etki eden faktörleri belirlemektir. Bu amaçla araştırma yöntemi olarak üç farklı eğitim programında uygulanmış çoklu durum çalışması seçilmiştir. Bu durum çalışmaları sırasıyla müfredata entegre (Durum 1), müfredat dışı (Durum 2) ve okul sonrası (Durum 3) şeklinde eğitim programlarında uygulanmıştır. Alanyazındaki çalışmalardan faydalanılarak uyarlanan memnuniyet ölçeği ile öğrencilerin memnuniyet düzeyi ölçülerken, öğrenci ve öğretmenler ile yapılan yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmeler ile memnuniyete etki eden faktörler ortaya çıkarılmıştır. Nicel verilerin analizinde betimsel analiz yöntemleri kullanılmış olup Durum 1 (M = 4.35), Durum-3 (M = 4.28) ve Durum-2’nin (M = 3.99) öğrencileri sırasıyla, bu ortamlarda verilen programlama dersinden en çok memnun olan öğrenciler olarak belirlenmiştir. Nitel verilerin tekli durum analizi sonuçları memnuniyeti artıran ve azaltan faktörleri ortaya çıkarmıştır. Görevlerin hikayesi dışında, grup çalışması, obje oluşturma, görevlerin olması, görev dışı aktiviteler, 3B ortam ve ortamda gezinme her üç durum çalışmasında da değişken oranlarda memnuniyeti artıran faktörler olarak bulunmuştur. Teknik problemler, yalnız çalışma, görevlerin zorluğu ve avatar ile ilgili problemler her üç durum çalışmasının öğrencileri tarafından memnuniyeti azaltan faktörler olarak ortaya çıkmıştır. Durumlar arası analiz sonuçları ise her üç durum çalışması sonuçlarının benzerlik ve farklılıklarını belirten bir tablo ile sunulmuştur.

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