Effects of The Feedback Applying Code Program on Problem Solving Skills Development of Elementary School Students

Abstract

The study aims to 1) establish and verify the quality of feedback on a coding program to evaluate the development of problem-solving skills of primary school students, and 2) analyze the development of problem-solving skills of primary school students after the adaptation of the coding program was implemented and feedback given. The study applies primary research methods including the pretest posttest and time series design. The research tool is a problem-solving evaluation form. Data analysis tools are descriptive statistics including mean scores, standard deviation, the percentage of the development of problem-solving skills, and inferential statistics including repeated measures. The study divides the feedback and the evaluation of the adaptation of the coding program into four criteria: 1) students can write a program based on the exam instructions, 2) students can display the steps of writing the program,
3) students demonstrate the ability to complete the work, and 4) students propose solutions to the problems. The Item-Objective Congruence (IOC) is between .6 and 1.0. The study finds that the students showed the highest degree of development in problem solving skills in phase 4 of the study, which is statistically significant at the 0.05 level