Robotics and science literacy: Thinking skills, science process skills and systems understanding
Robotics and science literacy: Thinking skills, science process skills and systems understanding
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机器人技术和科学素养:思维技能、科学过程技能和系统理解
DOI:
10.1002/tea.20238
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发表时间:
2008
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Florence R. Sullivan
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作者:
Florence R. Sullivan
This paper reports the results of a study of the relationship of robotics activity to the use of science literacy skills and the development of systems understanding in middle school students. Twenty-six 11-12-year-olds (22 males and 4 females) attending an intensive robotics course offered at a summer camp for academically advanced students participated in the research. This study analyzes how students utilized thinking skills and science process skills characteristic of scientifically literate individuals to solve a robotics challenge. In addition, a pre/post test revealed that course participants increased their systems understanding, t (21) ¼ 22.47, p < .05. It is argued that the affordances of the robotics environment coupled with a pedagogical approach emphasizing open-ended, extended inquiry prompts the utilization of science literacy-based thinking and science process skills and leads to increased systems understanding. 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Res Sci Teach 45: 373-394, 2008