Robotics as Means to Increase Achievement Scores in an Informal Learning Environment

Autor/inn/en	Barker, Bradley S.; Ansorge, John
Titel	Robotics as Means to Increase Achievement Scores in an Informal Learning Environment
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 39 (2007) 3, S.229-243 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1539-1523
Schlagwörter	Pretests Posttests; School Activities; Intervention; Scores; Robotics; Informal Education; Control Groups; Instructional Effectiveness; Academic Achievement; Science Instruction; Engineering; Engineering Technology; Mathematics Instruction; Mathematical Concepts; Experiential Learning; Constructivism (Learning); Rural Schools; Nebraska + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Robotertechnik; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Unterrichtserfolg; Schulleistung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Maschinenbau; Maschinenbautechnik; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen
Abstract	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 revealed that youth in the robotics intervention had a significant increase in mean scores on the posttest and that the control group had no significant change in scores from the pretest to the posttest. In addition, the results of the study indicated that the evaluation instrument used to measure achievement was valid and reliable for this study. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10