Robotics and coding
Study details
| Year: | Not reported |
| Scope: | Local |
| Countries: | Italy |
| Methodology: | Empirical research – Experiment/Intervention |
| Methods of data collection: | Other |
| Other Methodology: | Intervention |
| Researched Groups: | Children |
| Children Ages: | Preschool (0-5 Years old); Kids (6-10 Years old); Pre-adolescents (11-13 Years old); Adolescents (14-18 Years old) |
| Funder Types: | University; Regional Government |
| Informed Consent: | Consent not mentioned |
| Data Set Availability: | Not mentioned |
Goals
The main goals were to bring students to work for skills and therefore to:
a) enhance the skills of analysis and synthesis;
b) acquire a first computer language
c) move from design to implementation;
d) stimulate hypothetical thinking and problem-solving skills;
e) encourage divergent thinking;
f ) encourage communication among peers, with an approach more attentive to the development of meta-skills, useful for building
educational relationships in the groups to which they belong;
g) encourage basic cognitive and social skills.