Share Paper: A mixed methods examination of educational robotics activities’ impacts on pre-service teachers’ programming comprehension and integration strategies

  1. Alex Fegely, Coastal Carolina University, United States
  2. Cory Gleasman, Tennessee Tech University, United States
  3. Tammi Kolski, University of South Carolina, United States
Tuesday, March 30 3:15-3:30 PM Keynote Room

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impacts educational robotics activities have on pre-service teachers’ programming comprehension and integration strategies. This study had two research questions. They were, (1) Do educational robotics activities impact pre-service teachers' programming comprehension? and (2) How do pre-service teachers envision themselves integrating programming into their instruction? Data in this study were collected before and after an instructional intervention on the topics of programming and robotics that spanned four weeks. Participants in this study were early childhood, elementary, and middle level pre-service teachers (N = 18) in an educational technology course at a medium-sized ...