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- Computer Education Innovations I
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- 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
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Alisa Gilmore, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Herbert Detloff, University of Nebraska, Lincoln at Omaha
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Computers in Education
the Introduction to Robotics students conducted by Dr. NealGrandgenett, Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Nebraska-Omaha (UNO),and Dr. Elliot Ostler, Professor of Education at UNO. The course instructor was not presentduring the focus group session. It was conducted with 2 weeks remaining in the course.Analysis of Assessment DataThe pre and post survey results revealed an increase in the students’ perceived technical abilitiesand measures of self-efficacy in the overall group of seniors at the end of the semester (questions11 – 14) compared to the subset of Introduction to Robotics students surveyed earlier in thesemester, prior to CEENBoT™ exposure. However, additional studies are needed todifferentiate the specific
- Conference Session
- Tablet and Portable PCs for Education
- Collection
- 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
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Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; M. Hossein Hariri, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sudipa Mitra-Kirtley, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Shannon Sexton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
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Computers in Education
ability. In addition, eachinstructor developed a set of learning outcomes specific to the course, and students weresurveyed on their self-efficacy with the outcomes both pre- and post course. The mid-coursesurvey contained 6 items identical to the pre-course survey. These items included comfort withvarious hardware devices, enjoyment of the tablet PC, and note preference and reference. Thepost-survey consisted of 14 items. Eight of the items were identical to the pre-course surveyaddressing comfort with various hardware devices, enjoyment of the tablet PC, note preferenceand reference, and confidence in learning objective ability. Additional items on the post-coursesurvey included those assessing technology used by both the instructor and student