Acquisition of Physics Content Knowledge and Scientific Inquiry Skills in a Robotics Summer Camp

Autor/inn/en	Williams, Douglas C.; Ma, Yuxin; Prejean, Louise; Ford, Mary Jane; Lai, Guolin
Titel	Acquisition of Physics Content Knowledge and Scientific Inquiry Skills in a Robotics Summer Camp
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 40 (2008) 2, S.201-216 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1539-1523
Schlagwörter	Secondary School Science; Middle School Students; Summer Programs; Program Effectiveness; Physics; Robotics; Science Instruction; Science Education; Inquiry; Science Process Skills; Scientific Concepts; Constructivism (Learning); Physical Sciences; Hands on Science; Interviews; Science Experiments + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Sommerkurs; Physik; Robotertechnik; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Natural sciences; Naturwissenschaften; Naturwissenschaft; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	Despite the growing popularity of robotics competitions such as FIRST LEGO League, robotics activities are typically not found in regular K-12 classrooms. We speculate that, among other reasons, limited adoption is due to the lack of empirical evidence demonstrating the effect of robotics activities on curricular goals. This paper presents a mixed methods study exploring the impact of a summer robotics camp on middle school students' physics content knowledge and scientific inquiry skills. It was found that the camp enhanced students' physics content knowledge but failed to improve their skills in conducting scientific inquiry. Qualitative data provided an explanation of the findings. (As Provided).
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