Robotics and computational thinking in the learning of first year students

Autor: Pinho, Maria Inês, Martins, Joana, Paredes, Sara, Mascarenhas, Daniela, Quadros-Flores, Paula
Zdroj: Progress in Industrial Ecology, an International Journal; 2024, Vol. 17 Issue: 1 p86-98, 13p
Abstrakt: Social and technological changes alter learning scenarios and ways of teaching. This article is part of the supervised teaching practice of a professional master's degree and an ERASMUS+ project. Emphasising a methodology with action-research characteristics, the trigger was the question 'How to develop computational thinking in students of the 1st year of schooling through robotics and through the articulation of knowledge?', inherent to the importance of rethinking the teaching and learning processes so that education is based on personal, social and scientific knowledge. Nineteen 6-year-old children attending the first year of schooling, were involved in an educational practice. The robotics was appointed to develop computational thinking in an interdisciplinary approach. For data collection, observation, document analysis and recording of videos were used. Reflections shows that collaborative and interdisciplinary method fosters problem solving and the manipulation of Blue-Bots and programming, allowed the development of computational thinking stages, topics of mathematics.
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