Lee, S. B., & Lovvorn, H. (2016, June), Building Computational Thinking Skills Using Robots With First-Year Engineering Students  Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana. 10.18260/p.26409

\bibitem{asee_peer_26409}
  Lee, S. B., \& Lovvorn, H. (2016, June), \emph{Building Computational Thinking Skills Using Robots With First-Year Engineering Students}
  Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  10.18260/p.26409

Sarah B. Lee and Hunter Lovvorn.  "Building Computational Thinking Skills Using Robots With First-Year Engineering Students".  2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2016.  https://peer.asee.org/26409 Internet.  11 Jan, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_26409}
  Sarah B. Lee and Hunter Lovvorn.
  "Building Computational Thinking Skills Using Robots With First-Year Engineering Students".
  \emph{2016 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2016.
  https://peer.asee.org/26409 Internet.  11 Jan, 2025

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - This research paper describes the transition of content in a first year experience (FYE) course at Mississippi State University (MSU) for computer science (CS) and software engineering (SE) majors to a project-based, hands-on approach to building skills in computational thinking and teamwork.  While critical thinking ability and the dynamics of working in a team have been emphasized in the class through individual and team-based assignments previously, the use of technology has been limited.  

Recent experience with a summer outreach program for middle and high school students suggests that students build confidence in problem solving by using a simple programming language with robotic concepts.1  Building off of this experience, students in this first year engineering course were introduced to programming with a “drag and drop” interface and a robot. Teams were challenged to explore the robot’s capabilities and brainstorm a project idea to design and implement.  This project-based approach was expected to demonstrate an increased confidence in applying computing and technology among first semester students.  Results of this first implementation are presented. 



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