ΑΞΙΟΠΟΙΗΣΗ ΠΛΕΟΝΕΚΤΗΜΑΤΩΝ STEM ΓΙΑ ΤΗ ΔΙΔΑΣΚΑΛΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΗΛΕΚΤΡΙΣΜΟΥ ΣΤΟ ΔΗΜΟΤΙΚΟ. ΥΛΟΠΟΙΗΣΗ ΡΟΜΠΟΤΙΚΗΣ ΕΦΑΡΜΟΓΗΣ ΜΕΣΩ MICRO:BIT

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Published: Sep 14, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/nrcodiste.5959
Keywords:
electricity Micro:bit primary school STEM robotics
Ευφρανσία Τζαγκαράκη
Μιχαήλ Καλογιαννάκης
Abstract

The present pilot study investigates how STEM and educational robotics affect students' performance, understanding, and attitudes in the 5th grade about electricity and, consequently, science. To conclude, we followed an experimental design. The research sample comprised 32 students from two departments of the 12th Primary School of Heraklion. One section was the control group, and the other was the experimental group that received the teaching intervention using Micro: bit. As it turned out, the experimental group performed significantly better overall. Children from both groups did not appear to be significantly affected in their view of the importance of Physics and showed an increased desire to engage in it.

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