Exploring the Features of Educational Robotics and STEM Research in Primary Education: A Systematic Literature Review
STEM education programs with educational robotics are frequently used in formal or informal education, with participants ranging from kindergarten children up to university students. The widespread implementation of these programs in schools and the growing interest of researchers in the field has l...
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| description | STEM education programs with educational robotics are frequently used in formal or informal education, with participants ranging from kindergarten children up to university students. The widespread implementation of these programs in schools and the growing interest of researchers in the field has led several authors/researchers to review and summarize the characteristics of STEM research. However, the literature on the features of STEM research in primary education (kindergarten and primary school) is limited. Therefore, this article is a systematic literature review that tries to enrich the STEM agenda by answering the questions: (a) which study designs are commonly used in STEM interventions, (b) what the characteristics of the sample are (number/age of the students), (c) which equipment and user interfaces (tangible/graphical) are used, and (d) what are the characteristics of the studies (duration, intervention objectives, activities) and how studies’ data were recorded. For this review, 36 out of 337 articles were analyzed and emerged from eight databases, three search-keywords and six exclusion criteria. The examination of the reviewed articles showed, inter alia, that non-experimental design is usually used, that in half of the cases written evaluations are used and the sample size is almost equal between girls and boys. Finally, long-term research is restricted, therefore it is not safe to generalize the findings of these studies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a4af9638117944d3b70fcc6d12c5028f2023-11-23T10:45:14ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022022-04-0112530510.3390/educsci12050305Exploring the Features of Educational Robotics and STEM Research in Primary Education: A Systematic Literature ReviewSokratis Tselegkaridis0Theodosios Sapounidis1Department of Information and Electronic Engineering, International Hellenic University (IHU), 57400 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Information and Electronic Engineering, International Hellenic University (IHU), 57400 Thessaloniki, GreeceSTEM education programs with educational robotics are frequently used in formal or informal education, with participants ranging from kindergarten children up to university students. The widespread implementation of these programs in schools and the growing interest of researchers in the field has led several authors/researchers to review and summarize the characteristics of STEM research. However, the literature on the features of STEM research in primary education (kindergarten and primary school) is limited. Therefore, this article is a systematic literature review that tries to enrich the STEM agenda by answering the questions: (a) which study designs are commonly used in STEM interventions, (b) what the characteristics of the sample are (number/age of the students), (c) which equipment and user interfaces (tangible/graphical) are used, and (d) what are the characteristics of the studies (duration, intervention objectives, activities) and how studies’ data were recorded. For this review, 36 out of 337 articles were analyzed and emerged from eight databases, three search-keywords and six exclusion criteria. The examination of the reviewed articles showed, inter alia, that non-experimental design is usually used, that in half of the cases written evaluations are used and the sample size is almost equal between girls and boys. Finally, long-term research is restricted, therefore it is not safe to generalize the findings of these studies.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/12/5/305primary educationeducational roboticssystematic literature review |
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| title | Exploring the Features of Educational Robotics and STEM Research in Primary Education: A Systematic Literature Review |
| title_full | Exploring the Features of Educational Robotics and STEM Research in Primary Education: A Systematic Literature Review |
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| title_short | Exploring the Features of Educational Robotics and STEM Research in Primary Education: A Systematic Literature Review |
| title_sort | exploring the features of educational robotics and stem research in primary education a systematic literature review |
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