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Jonathan Yogi; Youngkyun Baek; Jesús Trespalacios – Computers in the Schools, 2024
This study investigated the impact of group interactions and structure, specifically gender, on achievement in elementary robotics classes. The research involved 103 's-grade (satisfactory grade)' students, using a mixed methods embedded design to observe interactions, conduct a robotics assessment, and analyze the data. Group processing, positive…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Robotics, Group Activities, Cooperative Learning
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Rina Zviel Girshin; Nathan Rosenberg; Ida Kukliansky – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2024
This longitudinal study of robot programming in early childhood (ROPEC) was performed based on summative and formative assessments of the robotics program in kindergarten and year one of elementary school. The study aims to broaden our knowledge about children's understanding of programming, their confidence in ability to read and write programs,…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Early Childhood Education, Computation
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Yuchen Chen; Yun-Fang Tu; Xinli Zhang; Gwo-Jen Hwang – Educational Technology & Society, 2024
As technology-enhanced children's learning has gained wide attention, programmable robots have been gradually introduced in early childhood education. Hence, it would be valuable to understand how young children perceive robot programming learning. Draw-a-picture technique is an ideal method to elicit ideas, thoughts, and feelings for children…
Descriptors: Robotics, Computer Science Education, Gender Differences, Freehand Drawing
Yogi, Jonathan Kimei – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Jung and Won's (2018) review of elementary school ER found a lack of understanding of instructional practices for ER with young children. Other researchers have called for further studies into what effective classroom orchestration and interaction look like within ER classrooms (Ioannou & Makridou, 2018; Xia & Zhong, 2019). This study was…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Robotics, Group Dynamics, Gender Differences
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Yanjun Zhang; Yijin Zhu – Educational Studies, 2024
With the increasing use of robotics in education, this study examined the influence of educational robotics on K-12 students' creativity and problem-solving skills by using Meta-analysis on 20 typical studies published from 2011 to 2021. Subsequent results exhibited five major points: 1) The overall effect of educational robotics was at 0.821; 2)…
Descriptors: Robotics, Educational Technology, Creativity, Problem Solving
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Zviel-Girshin, Rina; Luria, Adi; Shaham, Chait – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2020
This paper presents findings regarding the addition of robotics education in kindergarten and elementary school as a tool for enhancing technological thinking, increasing children's confidence in using technology, developing essential twenty-first century skills and increasing children's self-confidence. A unique tailored compulsory program for…
Descriptors: Robotics, Teaching Methods, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students
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Sullivan, Amanda; Bers, Marina Umaschi – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2019
Men continue to outnumber women in many Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics fields, particularly technical fields such as engineering and computer science. Educational interventions aimed at addressing the gender disparity between men and women have generally focused on increasing the interest of girls and women during high school…
Descriptors: Robotics, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, STEM Education
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Han, Jeonghye; Jo, Miheon; Hyun, Eunja; So, Hyo-jeong – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2015
Amid the increasing interest in applying augmented reality (AR) in educational settings, this study explores the design and enactment of an AR-infused robot system to enhance children's satisfaction and sensory engagement with dramatic play activities. In particular, we conducted an exploratory study to empirically examine children's perceptions…
Descriptors: Simulated Environment, Play, Robotics, Satisfaction
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Sullivan, Amanda; Bers, Marina Umaschi – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2013
Early childhood is a critical period for introducing girls to traditionally masculine fields of science and technology before more extreme gender stereotypes surface in later years. This study looks at the TangibleK Robotics Program in order to determine whether kindergarten boys and girls were equally successful in a series of building and…
Descriptors: Programming, Kindergarten, Gender Differences, Robotics
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Sullivan, Amanda; Bers, Marina Umaschi – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2016
Prior work demonstrates the importance of introducing young children to programming and engineering content before gender stereotypes are fully developed and ingrained in later years. However, very little research on gender and early childhood technology interventions exist. This pilot study looks at N = 45 children in kindergarten through second…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2