Educational Robotics in Science Teaching: A Study on The Development of a Research Project at the Federal Institute of Education Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Sul (IFRS)

The use of technologies such as educational software and robotics to support the teaching and learning process is increasing. Educational robotics has proven to arouse interest in students, as it allows physical handling and active participation in the learning process. In this sense, this manuscript aims to describe the Educational Robotics research project as an Incentive to the Study of Science approved in PROPPI EDITAL No. 77/2017 - INTERNAL SOURCE 2018/2019, which had as a proposal to integrate undergraduates of Licentiate Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science of IFRS - Campus Ibirubá to jointly carry out analyzes and develop procedures for teaching and learning science (mathematics/physics) using Educational Robotics resources, motivating students of the Technical Course in Computing Integrated to High School. Thus, while this project offered an internship field for undergraduates, it promoted interest in the study of science among participants, leading them to engage and promoting greater participation

The case of prospective teachers’ integration of coding-robotics practices into science teaching with STEM approach

The aim of this study is to determine the level of integration of teacher candidates’ acquisitions in course of “Coding and Robotics in Primary School” into the science teaching; and to explore teacher candidates’ opinions on coding-robotics and the usage of them in lessons. For this purpose, a case study with 11 junior prospective primary school teachers was conducted in 2017-18 education year. After the participants took “Coding and robotics in primary school” at fall semester, they were asked to make STEM-based teaching by using robotic applications in the scope of the course of “Science and Technology Teaching II”. Participants’ teaching was rated with rubrics prepared by the researchers, and their lesson plans were analyzed through document analysis. Semi-structured interviews were also conducted to take the opinions of the participants on usage of robotics. The results showed that prospective teachers were mainly able to integrate robotics to the STEM-based science teaching. Additionally, prospective teachers suggested that robotics should be integrated to all courses, especially science, and that this would contribute to the problem solving and algorithmic thinking skills of the students. © 2020, Ankara University. All rights reserved

Implementing teacher-centered robotics activities in science lessons: The effect on motivation, satisfaction and science skills

In studies on the use of robotic in science education, students are generally expected to design and program robots in specially designed robotic laboratories and during extracurricular activities. Although researchers claim that the student-centered approach and active student participation is more effective, teachers generally have to apply traditional teaching strategies in the field of science education due to the high number of students, a lack of materials, insufficient time and lack of professional teaching skills. Robotics activities can be performed in a traditional classroom environment and within a teacher-centered lesson structure. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of teacher-centered robotics activities performed in science lessons on students' motivation, to determine their satisfaction with the activities and to collect their opinions about the activities. A parallel mixed-methods design was used for data collection. The results of the study indicated that teacher-centered robotics activities increased the motivation of students to participate in science lessons. Moreover, when the interviews with the students were examined, all of them commented that engaging in robotics activities improved their science skills. In addition, the majority of students were satisfied with the robotics activities and had positive feelings about them, believing that they helped them to learn and were enjoyable and interesting

PRAKTEK PEMBUATAN DAN SIMULASI ROBOT LINE FOLLOWER UNTUK MENINGKATKAN MINAT BELAJAR SISWA BIDANG IPA DI RUMAH PADA SMPN 6 SELUMA

Community Service is an activity that must be carried out by every Lecturer, therefore Lecturers for S2 Natural Science FKIP Bengkulu University collaborated with the Science Subject Teacher Conference (MGMT) of Seluma District Middle School / MTs dated 24 May 2019 for Community Service activities at SMPN 6. Collaboration It was followed up with community service activities at SMP N 6 Seluma with the title "The Practice of Making and Simulating Line Follower Robot to Increase Student Interest in Science at Home at SMPN 6 Seluma". From these activities it can be concluded that; The school will prepare a simple electronics / robotics laboratory at SMP N 6 Seluma by utilizing unused electronic equipment, it can be seen that the motivation of science teachers to apply robotics skills in school activities, students' interest and motivation towards robotics skills is very good

Developing a Collegiate Robotics Competition Hosted by WPI

Although Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is considered a leader in robotics research and education, it has never specifically hosted a collegiate robotics competition. Through background research on other collegiate robotics competitions, discussions with both representatives from universities and robotics companies, and stakeholders at WPI we have developed a proposal for a collegiate robotics competition. This event would be hosted at WPI in collaboration with TouchTomorrow, a campus-wide event showcasing science and technology in early June. This event would consist of three separate challenges based on real-world problems. These challenges combined with a robotics career fair and networking opportunities would provide many long-term benefits to the school

Robots Are Coming To Ole Miss

Center for Mathematics and Science Education Hosts Robotics Challeng