One mobile application for the development of programming skills of secondary school students

Abstract

The aim of this study is to develop a mobile application for the Scratch programming language in order to develop programming skills of the students from secondary schools. The mobile application has been developed to solve two problems related to teaching Scratch programming language. The first problem related to educational aspects of the Scratch programming commonly used in secondary schools. The second problem is that Scratch does not have mobile applications for its learning. The structure of the application is described. The results of using the application in the learning process have been analyzed. Analyse shows that there is a significant difference between the problem solving skills of the students who have used this application in the learning process and the skills of the students who have not used it. (c) 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.