ERIC Number: ED665555
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024
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Robotics Education through Cross-Age Peer Tutoring: Evaluating the Learning Outcomes for Tutors and Tutees
Vaso Anastasiou; Yiota H. Diakou; Charoula Angeli
International Association for Development of the Information Society, Paper presented at the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA) (21st, Zagreb, Croatia, Oct 26-28, 2024)
This study examines the impact of educational robotics and cross-age peer tutoring in primary education and focuses explicitly on the outcomes for tutors and tutees. Forty students from a public school in a European country participated, with fifth graders as tutors and fourth graders as tutees. Using the LEGO Education SPIKE Prime Set, both groups showed significant improvement in computational thinking after nine hours of learning with educational robotics activities. A quasi-experiment research procedure was followed to collect quantitative and qualitative data. The results indicate that peer tutoring was effectively used as a learning strategy to promote computational thinking through educational robotics activities. Implications for future research are provided. [For the full proceedings, see ED665357.]
Descriptors: Robotics, Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Outcomes of Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Public Schools, Grade 5, Grade 4, Computation, Thinking Skills, Learning Activities, Educational Technology
International Association for the Development of the Information Society. e-mail: secretariat@iadis.org; Web site: http://www.iadisportal.org
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Grade 4
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Europe
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