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Developing Teachers' Computational Thinking Beliefs and Engineering Practices through Game Design and Robotics
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Leonard, Jacqueline; Barnes-Johnson, Joy; Mitchell, Monica; Unertl, Adrienne; Stubbe, Christopher R.; Ingraham, Latanya – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2017
This research report presents the final year results of a three-year research project on computational thinking (CT). The project, funded by the National Science Foundation, involved training teachers in grades four through six to implement Scalable Game Design and LEGO® EV3 robotics during afterschool clubs. Thirty teachers and 531 students took…
Descriptors: Computation, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, STEM Education
Using Robotics and Game Design to Promote Pathways to STEM
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Leonard, Jacqueline; Buss, Alan; Unertl, Adrienne; Mitchell, Monica – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2016
This research report presents the results of a STEM summer program on robotics and game design. The program was part of a three-year study funded by the National Science Foundation. Children in grades four through six participated in a two-week summer camp in 2015 to learn STEM by engaging in LEGO® EV3 robotics and computer-based games using…
Descriptors: Robotics, Design, STEM Education, Elementary School Students