本研究探討機器車輔助程式設計學習對初學者問題解決能力及學習態度的影響。研究採準實驗設計，實驗時間共十週，參與者為南部某國中國一學生共二班63人，其中一班學生為實驗組，進行樂高機器車程式設計學習活動；另一班為控制組，進行傳統計算機概論教學活動。資料蒐集及分析包括「新編問題解決能力測驗」得分，以及態度問卷上封閉及開放式問題之填答。
　　研究結果發現：（1）機器車輔助程式設計對學生之問題解決能力無顯著影響；（2）女性學生對機器車程式設計較無興趣；（3）男性學生對機器車程式設計有較高的興趣，在實驗後，其「解決方法」及「有效性」二個問題解決面向之能力有顯著提升。男性學生經過機器車程式設計學習後，能提出更多樣及有效的問題解決構想，並且思考變得更周密，也更善於運用既有的知識及經驗來掌握關鍵要素及有效的方法。建議未來可重覆本研究，但增加與其它程式設計情境之比較，例如與Scratch、Alice等。此外，亦可運用質性方法深入探討程式設計與問題解決能力各面向之因果關係。

關鍵字：樂高機器車、程式設計、問題解決。

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