Put Your Robot In, Put Your Robot Out: Sequencing through Programming Robots in Early Childhood

Autor/inn/en	Kazakoff, Elizabeth R.; Bers, Marina Umaschi
Titel	Put Your Robot In, Put Your Robot Out: Sequencing through Programming Robots in Early Childhood
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Computing Research, 50 (2014) 4, S.553-573 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0735-6331
DOI	10.2190/EC.50.4.f
Schlagwörter	Robotics; Early Childhood Education; Programming; Computer Uses in Education; Laboratories; Concept Formation; Pretests Posttests; Scores; Sequential Learning; Sequential Approach; Skill Development; Interviews; Knowledge Level; Surveys; Likert Scales; Story Telling; Pictorial Stimuli; Intervention; Hypothesis Testing + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Robotertechnik; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Programmierung; Computernutzung; Laboratory; Laboratorium; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Didaktische Sequenzierung; Lernsequenz; Schrittfolge; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Wissensbasis; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Likert-Skala; Fantasieanregung; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest
Abstract	This article examines the impact of programming robots on sequencing ability in early childhood. Thirty-four children (ages 4.5-6.5 years) participated in computer programming activities with a developmentally appropriate tool, CHERP, specifically designed to program a robot's behaviors. The children learned to build and program robots over three sessions, of 1.5 hours duration each, in a laboratory setting. The participants' sequencing skills were assessed before and after the intervention using a picture-story sequencing task. Pre- and post-test scores were compared using a paired sample "t"-test. A significant increase in post-test scores compared to pre-test scores was found. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01