K–12 Students' Perceptions of 21st Century Skills, Self-Efficacy, Creative and Computer Self-Efficacy After Participating in Digital Storytelling Contests (DISTCO)

• In Event: Learning Through Programming, Coding, and Digital Storytelling

Abstract

This study investigated how digital storytelling affects K-12 students’ perception in Technical, Media Literacy, Research, and Writing Skills; and their self-efficacy for learning and performance, creative relevant, and computer self-efficacy within the context of the Digital Storytelling Contests (DISTCO). Students’ perception of Writing Skills significantly improved from the pre- to post-survey in this study. This difference was positive for middle school students, but it was negative for other students. Male students showed pre-post gains in Research Skills for all grades, but the opposite pattern was found for female students. Results suggest that all students’ Self-Efficacy perceptions are increased. The middle school students showed the highest pre-post gains on most scales, followed by the modest gains by high school students.

Authors

• Bulent Dogan, University of Houston

• Caroline Bena Kuno, University of Houston

• Jie Zhang, University of Houston