Elementary school students' attitudes towards programming

Predmet Informatika je školske godine 2018./2019. prvi put uveden kao obavezan predmet u pete i šeste razrede osnovne škole u Republici Hrvatskoj. U Kurikulumu nastavnoga predmeta Informatika za osnovne i srednje škole iz 2018. godine navedene su četiri domene za realizaciju ciljeva predmeta Informatika, pri čemu je učenicima najzahtjevnija domena Računalno razmišljanje i programiranje. Cilj ovog rada bio je ispitati stavove učenika o programiranju. Zaključak je kako dječaci općenito imaju pozitivniji stav o programiranju u odnosu na djevojčice. Međutim, djevojčice, ali i dječaci, imaju bolji stav prema programiranju kada se koriste blokovski programski jezici u nastavi. Korištenje blokovskih programskih jezika stvara pozitivan stav prema programiranju, ali i Informatici kao izbornom predmetu.Informatics course has been first time introduced as compulsory course in the academic year 2018/2019 in the fifth and sixth grades of primary school in the Republic of Croatia. The Curriculum of the Informatics for elementary and secondary schools for year 2018. lists four domains for the achievement of the goals of the informatics course, with the most demanding domain being Computer thinking and programming. The aim of this paper was to examine students' views on programming. The conclusion is that boys generally have a more positive attitude about programming than girls. However, both girls and boys have a better attitude towards programming when using block programming languages in classes. The use of block programming languages creates a positive attitude towards programming and Informatics as an optional subject