The Course and Development Trend of China’s Basic Education Curriculum Reform

Computational thinking and coding education are important factors for developing the capacity of future society. In early childhood and elementary schools, Unplugged Programming activities are being implemented as a coding education method to enhance computational thinking skills. The purpose of this study was to design and apply an instructional process using drones and to examine the statistical significance of the effects of learners' motivation through pre-and post-tests. Learners' motivation was measured by examining changes in four elements of ARCS (Attention, Relevance, Confidence, Satisfaction), with statistically significant results in the Confidence and Satisfaction domains.