Educational Robotics Applications for the Development of Computational Thinking in a Brazilian Technical and Vocational High School
Nowadays, solving problems is substantial for the social relationship human. Computational Thinking (CT) emerges as an interdisciplinary thought process encompassing mental abilities to help students solve and understand problems. Researchers invest in the methodological proposal of activities aimed...
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| author | Isabelle M. L. SOUZA Wilkerson L. ANDRADE Lívia M. R. SAMPAIO |
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| description | Nowadays, solving problems is substantial for the social relationship human. Computational Thinking (CT) emerges as an interdisciplinary thought process encompassing mental abilities to help students solve and understand problems. Researchers invest in the methodological proposal of activities aimed at CT stimulation, educational approaches, and the conception of technologies that support these activities’ execution. Educational Robotics (ER) is one of these technologies that stand out at different educational levels to favor teamwork, logical thinking, and creativity, skills intimately articulated with the computing paradigm. The main objective of this work is to investigate the impact of ER activities on CT development and subjects learning in the Technical and Vocational Education in High School. For this, we accomplished a study of intervention research type with students and teachers analyzing quantitative and qualitative aspects. The results indicate that the introduction of ER can favor students in the development of CT skills and learning High School subjects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-44c4095ffc564352950d2e348abbf9ee2022-12-21T23:40:56ZengVilnius UniversityInformatics in Education1648-58312335-89712022-03-0121114717710.15388/infedu.2022.06Educational Robotics Applications for the Development of Computational Thinking in a Brazilian Technical and Vocational High SchoolIsabelle M. L. SOUZA0Wilkerson L. ANDRADE1Lívia M. R. SAMPAIO2Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande - Paraíba, BrazilFederal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande - Paraíba, BrazilFederal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande - Paraíba, BrazilNowadays, solving problems is substantial for the social relationship human. Computational Thinking (CT) emerges as an interdisciplinary thought process encompassing mental abilities to help students solve and understand problems. Researchers invest in the methodological proposal of activities aimed at CT stimulation, educational approaches, and the conception of technologies that support these activities’ execution. Educational Robotics (ER) is one of these technologies that stand out at different educational levels to favor teamwork, logical thinking, and creativity, skills intimately articulated with the computing paradigm. The main objective of this work is to investigate the impact of ER activities on CT development and subjects learning in the Technical and Vocational Education in High School. For this, we accomplished a study of intervention research type with students and teachers analyzing quantitative and qualitative aspects. The results indicate that the introduction of ER can favor students in the development of CT skills and learning High School subjects.https://infedu.vu.lt/doi/10.15388/infedu.2022.06educational roboticsComputational ThinkingBrazilian Technical Vocational Education |
| spellingShingle | Isabelle M. L. SOUZA Wilkerson L. ANDRADE Lívia M. R. SAMPAIO Educational Robotics Applications for the Development of Computational Thinking in a Brazilian Technical and Vocational High School Informatics in Education educational robotics Computational Thinking Brazilian Technical Vocational Education |
| title | Educational Robotics Applications for the Development of Computational Thinking in a Brazilian Technical and Vocational High School |
| title_full | Educational Robotics Applications for the Development of Computational Thinking in a Brazilian Technical and Vocational High School |
| title_fullStr | Educational Robotics Applications for the Development of Computational Thinking in a Brazilian Technical and Vocational High School |
| title_full_unstemmed | Educational Robotics Applications for the Development of Computational Thinking in a Brazilian Technical and Vocational High School |
| title_short | Educational Robotics Applications for the Development of Computational Thinking in a Brazilian Technical and Vocational High School |
| title_sort | educational robotics applications for the development of computational thinking in a brazilian technical and vocational high school |
| topic | educational robotics Computational Thinking Brazilian Technical Vocational Education |
| url | https://infedu.vu.lt/doi/10.15388/infedu.2022.06 |
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