Grouping matters in computational robotic activities
| Autor: | Kellie Taylor, Youngkyun Baek |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Class (computer programming)
business.industry Group (mathematics) Computational thinking Collaborative robotics education 05 social sciences Computer programming 050301 education 050801 communication & media studies Robotics Human-Computer Interaction Learning motivation 0508 media and communications Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Mathematics education Artificial intelligence business Psychology 0503 education Implementation General Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Computers in Human Behavior. 93:99-105 |
| ISSN: | 0747-5632 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.chb.2018.12.010 |
| Popis: | This study examines the impact of grouping by gender and group roles on robotics performance, computational thinking skills, and learning motivation towards computer programming. One hundred ninety-one students in fourth and fifth grade completed the project. LEGO Mindstorms EV3 robotics were used to compose and program music in groups of three to four students. The robotics project was completed over the course of fourteen weeks for 1 h each week. Gender-structured groups of all female, all male and mixed female and male were randomly assigned in each class. All groups in participating six classrooms were assigned one of three group roles implementation, which were fixed, rotating and no role. This study is significant towards identifying group scaffolds and supports that can produce benefits for all students in robotic activities. Results indicated that group roles matter when students are working on collaborative robotics projects. Three different implementations of group roles in robotics activities demonstrated an impact on robotics performance scores. Gender composition of the group did not impact groups' robotics performance. Group roles also impacted student computational thinking skills, while gender composition of the group still demonstrated no significant difference. Finally, while group roles demonstrated a difference in learning motivation towards computer programming, gender composition demonstrated no difference in learning motivation towards computer programming. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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