Scratch as Driver to Foster Interests for STEM and Educational Robotics

Autor: German Carro, Felix Garcia-Loro, Elio Sancristobal, Manuel Blazquez-Merino, Belen Morinigo, Monica Munoz, Pedro Plaza, Maria Jose Albert, Manuel Castro
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje. 14:117-126
ISSN: 2374-0132
DOI: 10.1109/rita.2019.2950130
Popis: Today, there are a multitude of initiatives that favor the learning of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and educational robotics (ER). Thanks to the available means, it is very easy to access a wide variety of tools based on programmable hardware. Although there are many options, most of them either require a high economic investment or require a great deal of time for the development of educational activities. Through the results shown in this paper, the great potential of Scratch as a solution for students who are just starting out in the knowledge related to STEM and ER is shown. To show the usefulness of Scratch a course has been designed, which dedicates three modules to the use of Scratch. The three modules have different levels of difficulty for the students, a basic level of difficulty, another intermediate level of difficulty and a last module with an advanced degree of difficulty.
Databáze: OpenAIRE