Education in the Knowledge Society (Jul 2012)

Robotic education, a tool for the theaching-learning of the science and technology

  • Kathia Pittí Patiño,
  • Iveth Moreno,
  • Lilia Muñoz,
  • José Rolando Serracín,
  • Jacqueline Quintero,
  • Juan Quiel

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 2
pp. 74 – 90

Abstract

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This paper presents and analyzes the educational robotics as a tool to support teaching and learning process at the level of pre-media, primarily engaged in complex subjects such as mathematics, physics and computer science, among others. The study was limited to high schools in the province of Chiriqui, Panama, took a sample of six schools in the province and for each school involved both students and teachers. The main objective of the project was to demonstrate how robotics education, facilitates and encourages teaching and learning of science and technology. The results showed that robotics could become an excellent tool to understand abstract concepts and complex subjects in the area of science and technology, as well as allowing developing basic skills such as teamwork.

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