Effects of educational robots on learning STEM and on students' attitude toward STEM

Khanlari, Ahmad

doi:10.1109/iceed.2013.6908304

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“…[8]. In the literature, there is strong evidence that shows Moder's view is shared by many other researchers [19], [43], [106]- [113]. STEM's implementation focuses on the non-exclusion of vulnerable social groups such as girls, minorities and economically weak students and while, there is a literature wealth focusing on educational activities and ways of integrating STEM into educational activities, few -if not at all research focuses on educational tools specifically for STEM activities.…”

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“…Robotics is an interdisciplinary topic involving components from computer engineering, electrical, electronic, mechanical, and control theory, offering students hands-on exposure to these scientific fields, and it is a useful aid for learning mathematics, technology, science and, computer programming [43], [44]. Robotics might be used as a learning object or as a learning tool.…”

Section: Educational Robotics (Er)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Robotics might be used as a learning object or as a learning tool. As a learning object robotics on its own can be studied as a subject, while as a learning tool robotics can be used for teaching and learning other subjects such as mathematics and science [43], [45].…”

Section: Educational Robotics (Er)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Action Research Implementation in Developing an Open Source and Low Cost Robotic Platform for STEM Education

Chatzopoulos¹,

Papoutsidakis²,

Kalogiannakis³

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The aim of this paper is double: (a) to record the latest theoretical considerations (literature review) in the field of STEM (acronym of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), Educational Robotics and the Educational Robotic Platforms used in their implementation, and (b) to validate the argumentation on the potential contribution of an Action Research implementation on STEM education with the ultimate goal of designing and developing an "open philosophy", low-cost, hardware and software educational platform for the implementation of STEM and Educational Robotics.

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Action Research Implementation in Developing an Open Source and Low Cost Robotic Platform for STEM Education

Chatzopoulos¹,

Papoutsidakis²,

Kalogiannakis³

et al. 2019

IJCA

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“…In fact, the participants" knowledge in the S4A programming was measured based on their ability to finish the challenges given, such as Obstacle Track and Line Tracking Obstacles, thus the challenges provided pushed them to work collaboratively in order to complete the challenges given. This is because the challenges allow "hands-on" engagement with actual objects that assist them to spark curiosity and intrigue among them (Khanlari, 2013). Moreover, the ability of developing cooperative learning in robotic challenges acted as a means to promote students" interest towards learning STEM (Mosley, Ardito & Scollins, 2016;Nugent, Barker & Grandgenett, 2016).…”

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Promoting Students’ Interest, Attitude and Intrinsic Motivation Towards Learning STEM Through Minimalist Robot Education Programme

2019

IJSMS

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Intrinsic motivation is one of the main driving forces for students’ interest and attitude towards learning STEM subjects such as Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Unfortunately, students’ interestand attitude towards STEM subjects are on the decline. A continued decline, if unchecked, will affect the number of students’ enrolment into the STEM fields. This study was conducted to investigate the students’ interest, attitude and intrinsic motivation towards learning STEM subjects by appraising the pro educational modules that include assembling and dismantling the minimalist robots and by providing software training to the students. The results of hypothesis testing of P-value generated via Statistical Packages of Social Sciences (SPSS) v2.5 indicate the effectiveness of Minimalist Robot Education Programme. The students’ interest, attitude and intrinsic motivation show a significant difference towards the learning of STEM. The findings also show that all the alternative hypotheses: (1) students’ interest towards learning STEM is increased as a result of participating in the Minimalist Robotic Education Programme; (2); students’ attitude towards learning STEM increased as a result of participating in the Minimalist Robotic Education Programme and (3) students’ intrinsic motivation towards learning STEM increased as a result of participating in the Minimalist Robotic Education Programme set for this study.These favorable findings can be a platform for advocating the application of robotics in the Malaysian curricula.

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“…The introduction of physical computing, not just computer-based programming, in information course reflects the assessment that programming education helps to develop problem-solving skills and improve logical thinking. The findings that hardware education has a positive impact on students' interest, motivation and learning attitudes also influenced this decision [3][4]. Physical computing can be beneficial for students who are not necessarily interested in pursuing computer programming but would like to gain a better understanding of technology and how it is shaping our world [5].…”

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Arduino-Compatible Modular Kit Design and Implementation for Programming Education

Heo¹

2020

Adv. sci. technol. eng. syst. j.

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To cultivate creative talent, ways to learn creative problem-solving skills is needed, and one of them is programming. Arduino is a well-known tool used for programming education and the usefulness has been demonstrated in various case studies. However, there are several problems in existing Arduino-compatible kits as education tools, including the need for understanding hardware and the difficulty of expanding the kits with third-party hardware. In this paper, the design of an Arduino-compatible modular kit, called as FRUTO, is proposed that can be easily connected and conveniently programmed to overcome the problems. The structure and features of the FRUTO kit that implements the proposed design are also shown. The FRUTO kit consists of the FRUTO module that uses a unified connector for easy and intuitive connection and the FRUTO library that abstracts hardware-dependent code for easy programming. The FRUTO kit is easier to use and more scalable than existing kits. Even more, it can be used in various ways depending on the students' familiarity with hardware and programming. These strengths will make the kit to be an appropriate tool for various microcontroller-related education as well as programming education.

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Effects of educational robots on learning STEM and on students' attitude toward STEM

Cited by 43 publications

References 9 publications

Action Research Implementation in Developing an Open Source and Low Cost Robotic Platform for STEM Education

Action Research Implementation in Developing an Open Source and Low Cost Robotic Platform for STEM Education

Promoting Students’ Interest, Attitude and Intrinsic Motivation Towards Learning STEM Through Minimalist Robot Education Programme

Arduino-Compatible Modular Kit Design and Implementation for Programming Education

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