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Title: Integrating educational robot and low-cost self-made toys to enhance STEM learning performance for primary school students.
Authors: Hu, Chih-Chien, Yang, Yu-Fen, Cheng, Ya-Wen, Chen, Nian-Shing
Source: Behaviour & Information Technology. Jun2024, Vol. 43 Issue 8, p1614-1635. 22p.
Subjects: Interdisciplinary education, Play, Lecture method in teaching, Digital technology, Mathematics, Cost effectiveness, Human services programs, Structural models, Elementary schools, Research funding, Science, Engineering, Educational outcomes, Clinical trials, Problem solving, Descriptive statistics, Camps, Pre-tests & post-tests, Surveys, Robotics, Academic achievement, School children, Technology, Rural conditions, Storytelling, Ability, Learning strategies, Student attitudes, Data analysis software, Internet of things, Training, Cloud computing
Abstract: The application of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education in solving real-world problems is challenging. To tackle this challenge, a project-based learning approach that integrates robots with cost-effective self-made toys to problem-solving was adopted to assist rural primary school students to apply STEM skills. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of the project-based learning approach which includes lecturing and hands-on activities on primary school students' STEM learning outcomes and attitudes. An experiment was conducted with 25 primary school students who voluntarily participated in a STEM summer-camp programme. Students were asked to assemble a paper house equipped with an IoT control module and LED light switches, and write and edit robot scripts to produce a robot-based storytelling narrative using the paper house they made as a context. The results show that the project-based learning approach was an effective approach for cultivating primary school students' STEM knowledge and skills as evidenced from the post-written test. The relationships between the students' STEM learning outcomes and attitudes were also confirmed by a clustering analysis. Students who had higher learning attitudes also achieved higher STEM learning outcomes; the findings are also supported by the feedback from the open-ended questionnaire items. This study suggests that integrating low-cost self-made toys and robots in project-based learning activities is an effective and practical approach to enhance primary school students' learning outcomes and learning attitudes in STEM education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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