Robotito Test in Practice: A Classroom Evaluation

Bakala, Ewelina - Tejera, Gonzalo - Hourcade, Juan Pablo

Resumen:

As Computational Thinking (CT) becomes more prevalent in school curricula, it has reached young children, with growing interest in incorporating CT for children in preschool and kindergarten. As more researchers design systems and curricula to teach CT for this age group, there is a need for assessments to better evaluate and compare approaches to teach CT. In this work-in-progress we present activities with 5-6-year-old children from two classrooms. In these classrooms, children participated in educational robotics (ER) activities using a robot that can be programmed through cards placed on the floor for the robot to read as it moves. We developed a test aimed at evaluating children’s ability to program the robot, which we administered after the activities. We discuss lessons learned through the administration of the test, both about the ER activities and the test.

Detalles Bibliográficos
2025
Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación
Universidad de la República. Facultad de Ingeniería. Comisión Académica de Posgrado
Robótica educativa
Interacción persona-computadora
Ciencias Naturales y Exactas
Ciencias de la Computación e Información
Ciencias de la Computación
Ingeniería y Tecnología
Ingeniería Eléctrica, Ingeniería Electrónica e Ingeniería de la Información
Control Automático y Robótica
Inglés
Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación
REDI
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12381/5159
Acceso abierto
Reconocimiento-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional. (CC BY-SA)