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Integrating educational robot and low-cost self-made toys to enhance STEM learning performance for primary school students.
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Behaviour & Information Technology . Jun2024, Vol. 43 Issue 8, p1614-1635. 22p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- The application of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education in solving real-world problems is challenging. To tackle this challenge, a project-based learning approach that integrates robots with cost-effective self-made toys to problem-solving was adopted to assist rural primary school students to apply STEM skills. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of the project-based learning approach which includes lecturing and hands-on activities on primary school students' STEM learning outcomes and attitudes. An experiment was conducted with 25 primary school students who voluntarily participated in a STEM summer-camp programme. Students were asked to assemble a paper house equipped with an IoT control module and LED light switches, and write and edit robot scripts to produce a robot-based storytelling narrative using the paper house they made as a context. The results show that the project-based learning approach was an effective approach for cultivating primary school students' STEM knowledge and skills as evidenced from the post-written test. The relationships between the students' STEM learning outcomes and attitudes were also confirmed by a clustering analysis. Students who had higher learning attitudes also achieved higher STEM learning outcomes; the findings are also supported by the feedback from the open-ended questionnaire items. This study suggests that integrating low-cost self-made toys and robots in project-based learning activities is an effective and practical approach to enhance primary school students' learning outcomes and learning attitudes in STEM education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *INTERDISCIPLINARY education
*PLAY
*LECTURE method in teaching
*DIGITAL technology
*MATHEMATICS
*COST effectiveness
*HUMAN services programs
*STRUCTURAL models
*ELEMENTARY schools
*RESEARCH funding
*SCIENCE
*ENGINEERING
*EDUCATIONAL outcomes
*CLINICAL trials
*PROBLEM solving
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*CAMPS
*PRE-tests & post-tests
*SURVEYS
*ROBOTICS
*ACADEMIC achievement
*SCHOOL children
*TECHNOLOGY
*RURAL conditions
*STORYTELLING
*ABILITY
*LEARNING strategies
*STUDENT attitudes
*DATA analysis software
*INTERNET of things
*TRAINING
*CLOUD computing
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0144929X
- Volume :
- 43
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Behaviour & Information Technology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177655987
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2023.2222308