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Bacivarov, Ioan C.; Ilian, Virgil L. M. – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2012
This paper discusses a comparative study of the effects of using a humanoid robot for introducing students to personal robotics. Even if a humanoid robot is one of the more complicated types of robots, comprehension was not an issue. The study highlighted the importance of using real hardware for teaching such complex subjects as opposed to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Science Education, Robotics, Computer Simulation
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Ben Youssef, Belgacem; Berry, Barbara – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2012
Spatial thinking skills are vital for success in everyday living and work, not to mention the centrality of spatial reasoning in scientific discoveries, design-based disciplines, medicine, geosciences and mathematics to name a few. This case study describes a course in spatial thinking and communicating designed and delivered by an…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Spatial Ability, Communication Skills, Undergraduate Students