Using Educational Robotics to Improve Student Retention and Recruitment in STEM Education

计算机科学（31）曼哈顿社区学院和雷曼学院正在合作开展这个项目，通过使用教育机器人来教授批判性思维，解决问题，算法开发和科学推理技能，提高学生在STEM学科的保留率。 智力优势：该项目采用现有的机器人课程材料，并对其进行调整，以提高计算机和物理本科生的保留率。 它使用动手，以学生为中心，以目标为导向的学习来激励，留住和吸引STEM学生。 更广泛的影响：该项目针对传统上在STEM教育中代表性不足的群体，并在当地两年制和四年制院校之间建立衔接途径。 它还利用教师研讨会来建立一个对教育机器人感兴趣的STEM教育工作者社区。

Computer Science (31)The Borough of Manhattan Community College and Lehman College are collaborating on this project which is improving student retention in STEM disciplines by using educational robotics to teach critical thinking, problem solving, algorithm development and scientific reasoning skills. Intellectual Merit: This project is adopting existing curriculum materials in robotics and adapting them to increase the retention of undergraduate computing and physics students. It is using hands-on, student-centered, and goal-oriented learning to motivate, retain, and attract STEM students. Broader Impacts: This project is targeting traditionally underrepresented groups in STEM education and establishing articulation paths between local two- and four-year institutions. It is also using faculty workshops to build a community of STEM educators interested in educational robotics.