Exploring the educational potential of robotics in schools: A systematic review

Benitti, Fabiane Barreto Vavassori

doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2011.10.006

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“…In addition, because of the rapid development of robot technologies, particularly programming tools and low-cost electronic kits, educational robotics products constitute more accessible tools for school students (Horizon Report, 2016) and are more compatible with the concept of maker education (Alimisis, 2013). According to the analytical results of a systematic literature review of educational robotics conducted by Benitti (2012), previous studies have tended to employ Lego robots as primary research tools to facilitate student learning. Furthermore, Benitti suggested that future research should adopt various educational robotics products such as low-cost robots for teaching and learning, thereby rationalizing the use of Arduino-based educational robotics products in maker education programs in the current study.…”

Section: Arduino-based Educational Robotics Approachmentioning

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Skill Development and Knowledge Acquisition Cultivated by Maker Education: Evidence from Arduino-based Educational Robotics

Chou

2018

EURASIA J MATH SCI T

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This study investigated elementary school students' learning performances and behaviors in a maker education program. An informal after-school learning environment entitled Robot MakerSpace was created at a public elementary school in Taiwan and 30 grade 5 students voluntarily participated in a 16-week educational experiment. The student participants were randomly divided into two experimental groups. Students in the maker group received weekly educational robotics lessons, whereas those in the nonmaker group only engaged in other after-school learning activities such as homework practice in traditional classrooms. Mixed methods research was used for data collection. An experiment with a pretest-posttest and control group design was employed to measure the students' electrical engineering and computer programming content knowledge and problem-solving skills. In addition, a qualitative approach with an emphasis on filed observation was adopted to evaluate the instructional implementation of the maker education program. The quantitative findings revealed that maker education training significantly improved the electrical engineering and computer programming content knowledge of the students and improved their problem-solving skills. The qualitative findings showed the students required considerable learning support from the instructor such as strategies for software and hardware debugging.

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Section: Arduino-based Educational Robotics Approachmentioning

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Skill Development and Knowledge Acquisition Cultivated by Maker Education: Evidence from Arduino-based Educational Robotics

Chou

2018

EURASIA J MATH SCI T

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“…The literature concerning educational robots often focuses on their effect on pupils [12]. Reports on teachers' reactions to the phenomenon are thinner on the ground.…”

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“…The most widely used and studied [12] system is clearly the LEGO R Mindstorms kit [1], now available in its most recent model known as EV3. The design choices made by LEGO include the key role of construction, a very technical look, a high price compared to the competitors, and the decision not to support LINUX as a platform but to enable the use of tablets.…”

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Pedagogical Uses of Thymio II: How Do Teachers Perceive Educational Robots in Formal Education?

Chevalier

Riedo

Mondada

2016

IEEE Robot. Automat. Mag.

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“…According to Barreto [2], 80% of studies on robots in education address fields linked to math or physics. But they can also be used as educational tools for other disciplines, such as geography, history, languages, or the arts.…”

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A Sociological Contribution to Understanding the Use of Robots in Schools: The Thymio Robot

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Abstract. The Thymio II robot was designed to be used by teachers in their classrooms for a wide range of activities and at all levels of the curriculum, from very young children to the end of high school. Although the educationally oriented design of this innovative robot was successful and made it possible to distribute more than 800 Thymio robots in schools with a large majority in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, it was not sufficient to significantly raise the number of teachers using robot technology in their teaching after three years of commercialization. After an introduction and a first section on the design of this educational robot, this paper presents some results of a sociological analysis of the benefits and blockages identified by teachers in using robots, or not, with their pupils.

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Exploring the educational potential of robotics in schools: A systematic review

Cited by 944 publications

References 16 publications

Skill Development and Knowledge Acquisition Cultivated by Maker Education: Evidence from Arduino-based Educational Robotics

Skill Development and Knowledge Acquisition Cultivated by Maker Education: Evidence from Arduino-based Educational Robotics

Pedagogical Uses of Thymio II: How Do Teachers Perceive Educational Robots in Formal Education?

A Sociological Contribution to Understanding the Use of Robots in Schools: The Thymio Robot

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