Coding with Block Programming Languages in Educational Robotics and Mobiles, Improve Problem Solving, Creativity & Critical Thinking Skills
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Title
Coding with Block Programming Languages in Educational Robotics and Mobiles, Improve Problem Solving, Creativity & Critical Thinking Skills
Subject
STEM
STEAM
Robotics
Educational Robotics
Programming Languages
Mobiles
Critical Thinking
Problem Solving
Block-based programming
Curriculum
Coding
Description
The purpose of the article is to highlight how students' computational thinking, which is a critical thinking skill, can be developed through educational robotics and programming. It is a fun and engaging learning activity that encourages students to collaborate, delve into a problem, construct knowledge, and cultivate critical thinking. Educational robotics is therefore an innovative teaching tool, which contributes to the implementation of the above goal and follows the principles of building, specifically the construction of knowledge (Mikropoulos & Bellou, 2010). It develops students' critical thinking, strengthens their mental models, and activates known learning mechanisms leading them to a deeper level of understanding and assimilation of knowledge, which cannot be accomplished with traditional teaching methodologies. It has also been proven to be able to help students solve complex problems as well as contribute to the development of computational thinking skills (Atmatzidou & Demetriadis, 2014), which should characterize the entire literate population and complement the other three basic reading skills, writing, and mathematics (Mavroudis, Petrou & Fesakis, 2014).
Creator
Moraiti, Ioanna
Fotoglou, Anestis
Drigas, Athanasios
Source
International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM); Vol. 16 No. 20 (2022); pp. 59-78
1865-7923
Publisher
International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), Vienna, Austria
Date
2022-10-31
Rights
Copyright (c) 2022 Ioanna Moraiti, Anestis Fotoglou, Athanasios Drigas
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Relation
Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
Identifier
Citation
Ioanna Moraiti, Anestis Fotoglou and Athanasios Drigas, Coding with Block Programming Languages in Educational Robotics and Mobiles, Improve Problem Solving, Creativity & Critical Thinking Skills, International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), Vienna, Austria, 2022, accessed November 5, 2024, https://igi.indrastra.com/items/show/2387