Robotics as Means to Increase Achievement Scores in an Informal Learning Environment
ARTICLE
Bradley S. Barker, John Ansorge
Journal of Research on Technology in Education Volume 39, Number 3, ISSN 1539-1523
Abstract
This paper reports on a pilot study that examined the use of a science and technology curriculum based on robotics to increase the achievement scores of youth ages 9-11 in an after school program. The study examined and compared the pretest and posttest scores of youth in the robotics intervention with youth in a control group. The results revealed that youth in the robotics intervention had a significant increase in mean scores on the posttest and that the control group had no significant change in scores from the pretest to the posttest. In addition, the results of the study indicated that the evaluation instrument used to measure achievement was valid and reliable for this study. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)
Citation
Barker, B.S. & Ansorge, J. (2007). Robotics as Means to Increase Achievement Scores in an Informal Learning Environment. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 39(3), 229-243. Retrieved February 7, 2023 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/100758/.
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Keywords
- academic achievement
- Constructivism (Learning)
- Control Groups
- engineering
- Engineering Technology
- Experiential learning
- Informal Education
- Instructional Effectiveness
- Intervention
- Mathematical Concepts
- Mathematics Instruction
- Pretests Posttests
- Robotics
- Rural Schools
- School Activities
- Science Instruction
- Scores
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