Work place: Faculty of Science, University of Split, Split, 21000, Croatia
E-mail: marko.rosic@pmfst.hr
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Research Interests: Information Systems, Information Retrieval, Information Theory
Biography
Marko Rosić is a full professor of computer science at the Faculty of Science and Provost of University of Split, Croatia. His scientific work is related to the information and communication technology applications. Researching possibilities of using agents and the Semantic Web technologies for developing the e-learning systems based on the intelligent tutoring systems is in the center of his interest. He participates in many scientific and technological projects related to the field of his scientific interest. He has authored or co-authored more than forty scientific papers.
By Monika Mladenovic Marko Rosic Sasa Mladenovic
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijmecs.2016.08.01, Pub. Date: 8 Aug. 2016
In the Republic of Croatia Informatics is an elective course in elementary school for students from 5th to 8th grade. When it comes to programming language teachers can choose between BASIC and Logo. There are a lot of new programming environments for learning and teaching programming like Scratch and also new ways of teaching programming like game based learning. This study compares attitudinal and learning outcomes of 7th-grade students programming in Logo and Scratch. The classes were normal classes, non-extracurricular activities. The questionnaire is used to measure the attitude towards programming and programming languages. The test is constructed to measure learned programming concepts in both compared programming languages Logo and Scratch. Results showed that learning Scratch first can provide a better understanding of basic programming concept for novices in elementary school than Logo.
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