| Owner: |
Debra Bernstein
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| Owner Email: |
debra_bernstein@terc.edu
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| Paper Title: |
Using Robotics to Enhance Middle School Science Learning: Examining Teachers' Design Goals for Integrated Lessons (Poster 9)
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| Session Title: |
Emerging Technology
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| Paper Type: |
Poster Presentation
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| Presentation Date: |
4/16/2023
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| Presentation Location: |
Chicago, IL
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| Descriptors: |
Middle Schools, Science Education, Technology
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| Methodology: |
Qualitative
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| Author(s): |
Debra Bernstein, TERC; Michael Patrick Cassidy, TERC; Karen Mutch-Jones, TERC; Jennifer L. Cross, Tufts University
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| Unit: |
Division C - Learning and Instruction
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| Abstract: |
The [name] project supports middle school teachers to integrate robotics technology (Hummingbird robotics kits and MakeCode programming) into their science classes. Data was collected from eight teachers who participated in the first year of a multi-year project. Analysis of teacher interviews, lesson plans, logs, and artifacts suggests that teachers designed lessons that used robotics to address a range of science standards including light and sound waves, energy transfer, and evolution. Lessons integrated robotics in different ways, including as a tool to facilitate data collection and analysis, to model phenomenon, and to demonstrate student learning, allowing students to explore and apply science concepts in new ways.
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| DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.3102/2015711
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