Robotic Challenges: Robots Bring New Life to Gifted Classes, Teach Students Hands-On Problem Solving, Computer Skills.

Smith, Ruth Baynard

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ERIC Number: EJ486447

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Publication Date: 1994

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Robotic Challenges: Robots Bring New Life to Gifted Classes, Teach Students Hands-On Problem Solving, Computer Skills.

Smith, Ruth Baynard

Gifted Child Today Magazine, v17 n2 p36-38 Mar-Apr 1994

Intermediate level academically talented students learn essential elements of computer programming by working with robots at enrichment workshops at Dwight-Englewood School in Englewood, New Jersey. The children combine creative thinking and problem-solving skills to program the robots' microcomputers to perform a variety of movements. (JDD)

Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Creative Thinking, Enrichment Activities, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities, Microcomputers, Problem Solving, Programming, Robotics, Technology Education, Workshops

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Language: English

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