Investigating the Relationship Between Individual Innovativeness and Programming Anxiety

Year 2024, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 150 - 159, 20.06.2024

Melih Engin

https://doi.org/10.32329/uad.1432414

Abstract

This study investigates the levels of anxiety among university students regarding programming and examines the factors influencing this anxiety. The research explores the relationships between students’ characteristics such as, risk-taking, leadership qualities, openness to experience, and resistance to change with their programming anxiety. The study’s participants were 427 university students who had undergone programming education prior to 2023. Individual innovativeness and programming concerns of the research participants were analyzed primarily with descriptive statistical methods. Afterwards, the relationships between the sub-dimensions of individual innovativeness and levels of programming anxiety were investigated using relational screening models. Results indicate a slight positive correlation between reluctance towards change and receptiveness to new experiences with programming anxiety, whereas a modest negative correlation is observed between willingness to take risks and leadership qualities. The combination of these factors moderately and significantly predicts students’ levels of programming anxiety. The research offers valuable perspectives for educators and developers of programs seeking to create methods to ease the anxiety students face in programming education.

Keywords

resistance to change, risk-taking, openness to experience, leadership qualities, programming anxiety

Ethical Statement

For this research, research permissions were obtained from the Bursa Uludağ University Ethics Committee (2023-12, Ref No: 11).

Supporting Institution

The author declared that this study has received no financial support.

Bireysel Yenilikçilik ile Programlamaya Yönelik Kaygı Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Bu çalışma, üniversite öğrencilerinin programlama ile ilgili kaygı seviyelerini araştırmakta ve bu kaygıyı etkileyen faktörleri incelemektedir. Araştırma, öğrencilerin risk alma, liderlik nitelikleri, deneyime açıklık ve değişime direnç gibi özellikleri ile programlama kaygıları arasındaki ilişkileri incelemektedir. Çalışmanın katılımcıları, 2023 öncesinde programlama eğitimi almış olan 427 üniversite öğrencisidir. Araştırma katılımcılarının bireysel yenilikçilik ve programlama kaygıları öncelikle tanımlayıcı istatistiksel yöntemlerle analiz edilmiştir. Sonrasında, bireysel yenilikçiliğin alt boyutları ile programlama kaygı seviyeleri arasındaki ilişkiler ilişkisel tarama modelleri kullanılarak incelenmiştir. Sonuçlar, değişime karşı isteksizlik ve yeni deneyimlere açıklık ile programlama kaygısı arasında hafif bir pozitif korelasyon, risk alma isteği ve liderlik nitelikleri arasında ise mütevazı bir negatif korelasyon olduğunu göstermektedir. Bu faktörlerin kombinasyonu, öğrencilerin programlama kaygı seviyelerini orta derecede ve anlamlı bir şekilde öngörmektedir. Araştırma, eğitimciler ve program geliştiriciler için, programlama eğitimi sırasında öğrencilerin karşılaştıkları kaygıyı hafifletecek yöntemler geliştirme konusunda değerli bakış açıları sunmaktadır.

Keywords

programlama kaygısı, değişime direnç, fikir önderliği, bireysel yenilikçilik, risk alma

Ethical Statement

Bu araştırma için Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Etik Kurulu'ndan araştırma izinleri alınmıştır (2023-12, K.No:11)

Supporting Institution

Yazar, bu çalışmanın herhangi bir maddi destek almadığını beyan etti.

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