Quantitative Measurement and Analysis to Thinking as a Way of Programming for Elementary School in Japan

Rina Yano, Hiroki Tanioka, Kenji Matsuura, Masahiko Sano, Tetsushi Ueta

Abstract: Programming education will be compulsory in elementary schools in Japan from 2020, but it is still little information on how to measure the effects of lessons conducted for students. In this study, to measure objectively and quantitatively the educational effect of programming education, we developed a test of measuring the ability of thinking as a way of programming. In this paper, we evaluate the measurability of the test using Fisher's exact test for elementary school students' answers, focusing on the grade, the programming experience, and the difference between the results before and after the workshop.