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Fatma Demir; Ellen Roels; Seppe Terryn; Bram Vanderborght – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2024
Contribution: This article presents an engineering outreach activity that aims to teach K-12 students how to develop a tendon-based soft robotic finger. The primary objectives of this STEM activity are to introduce students to the fundamentals of soft robotics, its interdisciplinary nature, and to offer them a hands-on and engaging learning…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Engineering, STEM Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Darmawansah, Darmawansah; Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Chen, Mei-Rong Alice; Liang, Jia-Cing – International Journal of STEM Education, 2023
Fostering students' competence in applying interdisciplinary knowledge to solve problems has been recognized as an important and challenging issue globally. This is why STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education has been emphasized at all levels in schools. Meanwhile, the use of robotics has played an important role in STEM…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Robotics, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Research
Theodoropoulou, Ioanna; Lavidas, Konstantinos; Komis, Vassilis – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2023
Nowadays there is a growing research interest in the developments in the domain of Educational Robotics. The present paper is a systematic review of recently published Greek research pertaining to teaching interventions using robotic devices in order to present: a) a synthesis of the available results and the benefits from the utilization of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Robotics, Educational Technology, Program Effectiveness
Armstrong, Laura; Tawfik, Andrew – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2023
Robotics technologies are a significant tool in many industries. This paper presents a historical analysis of educational robots and how they apply to K-12 education from the past and potential in the future; focusing on the time period before and after the year 2000. The article concludes with future directions for curriculum and robotics in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, STEM Education, Robotics, Educational History
Tselegkaridis, Sokratis; Sapounidis, Theodosios – Education Sciences, 2021
Educational robotics (ER) seems to have a positive effect on students and, in many cases, might help them to successfully assimilate knowledge and skills. Thus, this paper focuses on ER and carries out a literature review on educational robotics simulators with Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs). The review searches for relevant papers which were…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Robotics, Educational Technology, Computer Interfaces
Hou, Haoxiang; Zhang, Xianyi; Wang, Dan – Best Evidence in Chinese Education, 2022
Cultivating innovative talents has become a critical strategy for building China into a strong country in science and technology. Catering to the trend of educational reform in the intelligent era, the use of robotics in developing student creativity proves to be of greater practical value. The findings of this study are that: first, the overall…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Meta Analysis, Robotics, Creativity
Beatriz Ortega-Ruipérez; Miguel Lázaro Alcalde – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Programming and robotics are resources that can be used as a learning tool for understanding content. However, some teachers are unmotivated due to preconceptions about their difficulties, which hinder their learning and subsequent application in the classroom. This study aims to determine the perception of 195 teachers teaching different grade…
Descriptors: Robotics, Programming, Teacher Attitudes, STEM Education
Dorotea, Nuno; Piedade, João; Pedro, Ana – Education Sciences, 2021
This paper reports a case study, developed in K-12 Portuguese Education, that aimed to analyze the computer science teachers' knowledge, interest, and self-confidence to use educational robotics and other programable objects in classroom activities to teach computer science concepts and to promote students' computational thinking skills. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Science Education, Teacher Characteristics, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Anwar, Saira; Bascou, Nicholas Alexander; Meneske, Muhsin; Kardgar, Asefeh – Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 2019
There has been a steady increase in the number of studies investigating educational robotics and its impact on academic and social skills of young learners. Educational robots are used both in and out of school environments to enhance K-12 students' interest, engagement, and academic achievement in various fields of STEM education. Some prior…
Descriptors: Robotics, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Effectiveness, Transfer of Training
Sullivan, Amanda; Bers, Marina Umaschi – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2019
Aim/Purpose: Educational robotics competitions are a popular way to increase students' interest in science and engineering during their K-12 years. However, female students are typically underrepresented in these competitions. The goal of this study is to determine differences in the experiences of male and female robotics competition students in…
Descriptors: Robotics, Student Attitudes, Competition, Disproportionate Representation
Fisher, Karin – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2019
According to the new federal spending bill signed into law in March 2018, funding is being provided for education programs and initiatives in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Many provisions allow for funding to support science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education that includes diverse learners in activities such as…
Descriptors: Robotics, STEM Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation
Giang, Christian; Piatti, Alberto; Mondada, Francesco – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2019
Contribution: This paper presents a model for educational robotics tools and a corresponding set of heuristics for their development and evaluation specifically adapted to the needs and expectations in formal education settings. Background: The increased use of educational robots in classrooms, and the steadily growing number of alternatives from…
Descriptors: Robotics, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
Piedade, João; Dorotea, Nuno; Pedro, Ana; Matos, João Filipe – Education Sciences, 2020
This study aims to analyze how pre-service informatics teachers design learning scenarios with robotics to teach programming fundamentals and to promote computational thinking skills. A descriptive and exploratory case study design was implemented with 26 pre-service informatics teachers. Data were collected from the participants using qualitative…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Science Education, Thinking Skills, Robotics
Ioannou, Andri; Makridou, Eria – Education and Information Technologies, 2018
Educational robotics are increasingly appearing in educational settings, being considered a useful supporting tool for the development of cognitive skills, including Computational Thinking (CT), for students of all ages. Meanwhile, there is an overwhelming argument that CT will be a fundamental skill needed for all individuals by the middle of the…
Descriptors: Robotics, Computation, STEM Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Rubinacci, Franco; Ponticorvo, Michela; Passariello, Rosa; Miglino, Orazio – Research on Education and Media, 2017
Robotics is a powerful tool in education and it has gained a notable impact in the field of teaching computer science, engineering, math, physics and similar. As educational robotics laboratories stimulate many different abilities in students, such as problem solving and group working, it is possible to use robotics to promote soft skills as well.…
Descriptors: Robotics, Teaching Methods, Professionalism, 21st Century Skills