Title
Evaluation of a K-8 LEGO robotics program
Abstract
In this paper we describe the evaluation results from an annual LEGO robotics competition for students in elementary and middle schools held at Lubbock, Texas, that aims at increasing interest in science, technology, engineering, and math. In a before-after questionnaire we collected information on participants' attitudes toward the scientific method of investigation, robotics in general and LEGO robotics in particular, and problem solving in groups. We also collected demographic data of the participants to see in how far our program is able to attract females, minorities, and socio-economically disadvantaged students.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1109/FIE.2011.6142977
Frontiers in Education Conference
Keywords
Field
DocType
control engineering education,robot programming,K-8 LEGO robotics program,LEGO robotics competition,Lubbock,Texas,before-after questionnaire,elementary schools,engineering,math,middle schools,science,socio-economically disadvantaged students,technology,K-12 Engineering Education,LEGO NXT Robotics,Program Evaluation,STEM Education
Sociology,Artificial intelligence,Mathematics education,Educational robotics,Robotics,Program evaluation,Disadvantaged,Robot programming,Scientific method
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
0190-5848 E-ISBN : 978-1-61284-467-1
978-1-61284-467-1
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.51
2
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Tanja Karp1193.06
Andreas Schneider2144.05