A Case Study on the Readiness of 5th Grade Primary School Students on Understanding the Concept of Programming Languages through Minecraft

In this research, the orientations and problems of programming lessons were investigated using GBL to see the readiness of 5th grade students in computer courses. The study was carried out with a total of 63 participants who were studied in 5th grade in Eastern Mediterranean Doğa College. As a result of the collected questionnaire and interview questions, it turned out that the game-based learner helped the students in certain programming instruction which was the result of the participants’ answers. According to the results of study, the students found that the activity was educational and instructional through the GBL. In addition, the teaching and learning was successful at a certain level even though students look prejudiced on programming lessons. Keywords: Game-based learning, Minecraft, Programming courses, The readiness of primary school students.