Using Robobooks To Teach Middle School Engineering And Robotics
- Conference
- Location
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Louisville, Kentucky
- Publication Date
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June 20, 2010
- Start Date
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June 20, 2010
- End Date
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June 23, 2010
- ISSN
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2153-5965
- Conference Session
- Tagged Division
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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
- Page Count
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10
- Page Numbers
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15.1336.1 - 15.1336.10
- DOI
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10.18260/1-2--15931
- Permanent URL
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https://peer.asee.org/15931
- Download Count
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564
Paper Authors
Morgan Hynes Tufts University
David Crismond The City College of New York
Ethan Danahy Tufts University
Abstract
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Using RoboBooks to Teach Middle School Engineering and Robotics
Abstract This paper reports on the initial testing and use of an innovative curriculum delivery tool called RoboBooks. RoboBooks is an interactive, digital workbook environment that integrates robotics-programming environments with reporting and analysis tools. The team developed an innovative middle school curriculum designed to introduce students to the engineering design process by asking them to create a LEGO robotic shopping cart of the future. The curriculum built upon the principal investigators’ prior work in this area, and addressed the need for scaffolding students through the robotics programming to reduce the technical/troubleshooting load on the teacher. The team hosted a weeklong teacher professional development program to introduce teachers to teaching engineering design with the RoboBooks tool. The paper reports on the teachers’ engineering design self-efficacy using a validated survey tool in a pre-test/ post- test design.
Hynes, M., & Crismond, D., & Danahy, E. (2010, June), Using Robobooks To Teach Middle School Engineering And Robotics Paper presented at 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition, Louisville, Kentucky. 10.18260/1-2--15931
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