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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022

iArm: Design an Educational Robotic Arm Kit for Inspiring Students' Computational Thinking.

Chengze Zeng, Hong Zhou, Weiwei Ye, Xiaoqing Gu

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Chengze ZengDepartment of Education Information Technology, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China.
Hong ZhouDepartment of Education Information Technology, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China.
Weiwei YeDepartment of Education Information Technology, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China.
Xiaoqing GuDepartment of Education Information Technology, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China.

Funding

Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality 17DZ22281800Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality 20511101600
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Educational robotics is an effective carrier of information technology education, making its way into classrooms. However, the design of the educational robotic arm kit and the study on the effect of robotic arms on students' thinking literacy remain to be completed. In this paper, iArm, a 6-DOF robotic arm consisting of a drive chassis, an arm body, and end tools, is presented. Its auxiliary modules, including the vision module and conveyor belt, and the curriculum targeting students' computational thinking are also developed to refine the current educational robotic arm kit. Furthermore, to explore the effectiveness of the iArm kit, thirteen high school students participated in the semester-long curriculum, completed assigned projects, and filled out the pre-test and post-test scales. By formative and summative evaluation, the result shows that the iArm kit effectively enhanced students' computational thinking.

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CurriculumStudentsClinical CompetenceEducational MeasurementHumanscomputational thinkingcurriculum designeducational roboticsrobotic arm kit

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PMID35458938
PMCPMC9028567

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