Educational robotics and inquiry learning: Assessing learning products across iterations
Abstract
Educational robotics enables open-ended learning activity sequences in inquiry learning. In the presented study, we integrated inquiry-based learning and educational robotics in real classrooms. 46 primary students engaged in design, programming, testing and revision cycles. We assessed the quality of learning products delivered by students to examine improvement across four iterations of increasing programming complexity. Our results indicate that students progressed within each iteration as well as from one iteration to the next.
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