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Teaching Physics Concepts Using Educational Robotics

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Educational Robotics in the Context of the Maker Movement (Edurobotics 2018)

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This paper reports a study included in the national project PROMISE funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research. It examines the application of an educational robotics laboratory with secondary school students for learning concept about physics. In the paper we describe the didactic strategies that have been implemented during the activities and we give some qualitative outcomes related to effectiveness of the laboratory. Indeed we observed interesting results in students both in term of learning and of interest and participation. The importance of teacher involvement in this type of intervention will also be discussed.

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze Psicologiche, Pedagogiche e della Formazione dell’Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Domenico Guastella & Antonella D’Amico

  2. MetaINTELLIGENZE ONLUS - Centro Studi Internazionale, Palermo, Italy

    Domenico Guastella & Antonella D’Amico

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  1. Domenico Guastella
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Correspondence to Domenico Guastella .

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  1. Department of Information Engineering, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

    Michele Moro

  2. European Lab for Educational Technology, Edumotiva, Sparti, Greece

    Dimitris Alimisis

  3. Department of Computer Control and Management Engineering, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Roma, Italy

    Luca Iocchi

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Guastella, D., D’Amico, A. (2020). Teaching Physics Concepts Using Educational Robotics. In: Moro, M., Alimisis, D., Iocchi, L. (eds) Educational Robotics in the Context of the Maker Movement. Edurobotics 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 946. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18141-3_20

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