Analyzing the Impact of Computer Science Workshops on Middle School Teachers

Morais, Isabel; Bachrach, Mayra

doi:10.1109/isecon.2019.8882115

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“…Programming and robotics are perceived as difficult and challenging [63,64]; however, the first approaches to Scratch in school are related to linear floor robots such as Beebot or Bluebot [65]. Furthermore, educational boards are available in Scratch extensions such as Makey Makey [66][67][68] designed by students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab (MIT), or other types of boards such as Microbit [69], with built in sensors and digital pins. The function of these boards is to connect the virtual world with the real world, and they also serve as a "hub" or "brain" for other robots in the educational sphere, thus familiarising and connecting students with the world of programming and robotics [70][71][72].…”

Section: Stem Projects Through Scratchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Analysis of Scratch Software in Scientific Production for 20 Years: Programming in Education to Develop Computational Thinking and STEAM Disciplines

Dúo-Terrón

2023

Education Sciences

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Scratch is an educational software based on visual programming blocks. It was created in 2003 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab (MIT) and it develops computational thinking (CT) skills from an early age in schools and allows STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) projects to be carried out. The aim of this research is to know the development of the scientific production of the Scratch programme in the educational field in scientific articles in WoS and its link with the STEM field. The methodology used in this study is of a bibliometric nature with an analysis of the development in the scientific literature and co-words. The Scratch in Education (Scratch-EDU) programme has been studied using the Web of Science (WoS) database. WoS, Vosviewer and SciMAT were used to extract the results and a total of 579 manuscripts were analysed. The results of the study show that the first scientific article on Scratch published in WoS dates back to 2004, although it is from 2011 when a considerable volume of studies began to appear in the scientific literature, and moreover, in recent years the scientific literature relates Scratch-EDU with topics and keywords related to the STEM field. The conclusions of the study are that the Scratch programme has had a progressive evolution in the scientific field related to education from 2012 to 2020, mainly in proceedings papers, with a decrease in manuscripts in the last two years. The emerging themes and keywords that have most influenced Scratch-EDU manuscripts in recent years are related to the terms “Implementation” and “Curriculum”, connected in turn, with terms such as “pedagogy”, “public school” or “students”. Another term that stands out in the development of scientific evolution is “Computational Thinking”, associated with topics such as “Primary Education”, “Learning” or “Problem Solving”. Finally, a discussion and conclusion of the results has been carried out, which can serve as a turning point for future lines of research on programming and CT in the STEM field from an early age in education.

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Section: Stem Projects Through Scratchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Analysis of Scratch Software in Scientific Production for 20 Years: Programming in Education to Develop Computational Thinking and STEAM Disciplines

Dúo-Terrón

2023

Education Sciences

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“…The sudden transition to distance teaching raises concerns about its educational quality, especially the area requiring intensive practice and hands-on experience. Also, most STEM implementations are carried out in face-to-face setting [13,14]. Under this sudden transition, numbers of STEM activities in school were cancelled and only small proportion of them moved online [15,16].…”

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confidence: 99%

Global STEM Education through e-Service Learning in the Time of COVID-19: A Case Study

Ngai

Chan

et al. 2021

2021 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC)

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“…Unlike other robotic tools, the potential of the Makey Makey lies in the possibility of connecting different physical and everyday elements around us to this device. All this favours the interaction of people with the environment, promoting multiple possibilities to promote computational thinking and creativity [51].…”

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Makey Makey as an Interactive Robotic Tool for High School Students’ Learning in Multicultural Contexts

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Information and communication technologies (ICT) are immersed in the teaching and learning processes. Specifically, educational robotics is a technology with great projection in learning spaces. This educational technology has revealed great potential in educational processes in the scientific literature. In this study, the Makey Makey device has been used to carry out a methodological contrast at the instructional level. The objective of this study is to verify if the use of the Makey Makey robotic device influences various psycho-social and educational dimensions in the subject of physical education. A quasi-experimental research design has been used in a sample of 177 students from secondary education. A questionnaire was used as the data collection instrument. The results show the ratings made by the control group students are lower than those of the experimental group in all dimensions, although there is no relationship of significance in all dimensions. This fact only occurs in motivation, teacher–student, student–content, collaboration, resolution, and teacher-rating dimensions. Conclusions show that the teaching method in which robotics is used leads to more success in the field of physical education if we compared it to the more conventional method. The outstanding data show the teaching–learning process has the highest influence on motivation, teacher–student, student–content, collaboration, resolution, and teacher rating.

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Analyzing the Impact of Computer Science Workshops on Middle School Teachers

Cited by 6 publications

References 6 publications

Analysis of Scratch Software in Scientific Production for 20 Years: Programming in Education to Develop Computational Thinking and STEAM Disciplines

Analysis of Scratch Software in Scientific Production for 20 Years: Programming in Education to Develop Computational Thinking and STEAM Disciplines

Global STEM Education through e-Service Learning in the Time of COVID-19: A Case Study

Makey Makey as an Interactive Robotic Tool for High School Students’ Learning in Multicultural Contexts

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