A study on the effects of web design projects on the basic coding education of children

In the research, a study on the effects of web design projects on children's basic coding education was examined. In the 2021-2022 academic year, a 3-week education was applied to 30 students who were studying in the 5th grade of primary school in a public school in Çukurova district of Adana province, 15 of which were randomly selected as the experimental group and the other 15 as the control group. While the basic coding training course content was explained to the control group during the training process, a sample website was applied to the experimental group besides the basic coding training course content. In the study, a pre-test was applied to both groups before the 3-week training, and a post-test was applied to both groups at the end of the training. In addition, the Attitude Scale towards Coding Education was applied to the students at the end of the training. When the pre-test results were analyzed, the mean of the experimental group students was X = 4.33, and the mean of the control group students was X = 4.47. In the independent sample t-Test, p=0.723, and since this p value was greater than 0.05, it was seen that there was no significant difference between the two groups. When the post-test results were analyzed, it was found that the average of the experimental group students was X = 4.13, and the average of the control group students was X = 0.13. As a result of the independent sample t-Test, p=0.000 and since this p value is less than 0.05, it was observed that there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups and this difference was in favor of the experimental group students.