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Sullivan, Florence R. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2008
This paper reports the results of a study of the relationship of robotics activity to the use of science literacy skills and the development of systems understanding in middle school students. Twenty-six 11-12-year-olds (22 males and 4 females) attending an intensive robotics course offered at a summer camp for academically advanced students…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Science Process Skills, Scientific Literacy, Robotics
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Whittier, L. Elena; Robinson, Michael – American Secondary Education, 2007
This article describes a teaching unit that used Lego Robotics to address state science standards for teaching basic principles of evolution in two middle school life science classes. All but two of 29 students in these classes were native Spanish speakers from Mexico. Both classes were taught using Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol…
Descriptors: Evolution, Biological Sciences, English (Second Language), Toys
Barker, Bradley S.; Ansorge, John – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2007
This paper reports on a pilot study that examined the use of a science and technology curriculum based on robotics to increase the achievement scores of youth ages 9-11 in an after school program. The study examined and compared the pretest and posttest scores of youth in the robotics intervention with youth in a control group. The results…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, School Activities, Intervention, Scores