ERIC Number: ED583748
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Publication Date: 2016-Nov
Pages: 8
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Using Robotics and Game Design to Promote Pathways to STEM
Leonard, Jacqueline; Buss, Alan; Unertl, Adrienne; Mitchell, Monica
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (38th, Tucson, AZ, Nov 3-6, 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 Scalable Game Design. Twentyeight students participated in the study that took place in a small urban community in the Rocky Mountain West. This paper reports on the results of this part of the study, specifically, how children's computational thinking skills developed and how their self-efficacy in technology, attitude toward engineering and technology, and 21st century skills changed as a result of their participation. [For the complete proceedings, see ED583608.]
Descriptors: Robotics, Design, STEM Education, Elementary School Students, Summer Science Programs, Computer Games, Thinking Skills, Computation, Skill Development, Self Efficacy, Attitude Change, Technological Literacy, Mixed Methods Research, Student Interests, Scores, Self Concept Measures, Preferences, Focus Groups, Informal Education, Grade 5, Student Surveys
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. e-mail: pmena.steeringcommittee@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.pmena.org/
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Identifiers - Location: Wyoming
Grant or Contract Numbers: DRL1311810
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