Student Robotics Promotes Learning in Elementary Grades

Excerpts from an encouraging academic paper by Faisel, Kapila, and Iskander of Polytechnic Institute of New York University

 

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Using Robotics to Promote Learning in Elementary Grades. Abstract. This paper considers the use of LEGO robotics as a tool to allow students in a fourth grade math classroom to engage in experimenting, sense-making, and developing visual understanding of ideas.

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"LEGO robotics as a tool to allow students in a fourth grade math classroom to engage in experimenting, sense-making, and developing visual understanding of idea."

"Active Learning allows students learn to ask questions, construct their own understanding and explain their ideas to others..."

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