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Understanding the effect of Robotics as an intervention strategy in a Technical Sciences class
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2021.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/80092 Understanding the effect of Robotics as an intervention strategy in a Technical Sciences class Coetzee, Corene Leshkat.lego@gmail.com Moodley, Kimera Leshabane, Katlego Maphiri Rebecca UCTD Robotics Education Technical Sciences Newton's Second Law Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-09 Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2021. In this study, the use of robotics was explored in a Grade 12 Technical Sciences class, to further understand it as an emerging pedagogy that allows learners to apply creative thinking and produce innovative solutions to problems in Newton’s Second law of motion. The study's conceptual framework was underpinned by constructivism, constructionism and the Cognitive Refinement Instructional Approach (CRIA), which supports the notion that through assimilation and accommodation, Lego Mindstorms robotics tools can be used as manipulatives to develop new knowledge. The learners participating in this mixed-method procedure of enquiry were randomly assigned to an experimental group (n = 21) that took part in the robotics intervention and a control group (n = 21) that continued with conventional extra classes. It was evident in the qualitative results that learner’s knowledge improved regarding the concepts of acceleration and net force, but misconceptions persisted in the concepts of frictional force and tension force. In the analysis of the quantitative results, the independent-samples t-test showed that there was a significant difference in the post-test scores between the control group (M= 3.19, SD= 1.16) and experimental group (M=4.57, SD= 1.43); t(40)= 3.42, p = 0.001. The study found that robotics does have a significant effect on the academic test scores of Technical Sciences learners than the traditional intervention in Newton’s Second Law. The scientific merit and significance of this study will contribute to teaching methods and learning of science in the technical-academic schooling stream. bs2026 Science, Mathematics and Technology Education MEd Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure 2021-05-25T10:09:10Z 2021-05-25T10:09:10Z 2021-09 2021 Dissertation * S2021 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/80092 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Robotics Education Technical Sciences Newton's Second Law Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-09 Understanding the effect of Robotics as an intervention strategy in a Technical Sciences class |
| title | Understanding the effect of Robotics as an intervention strategy in a Technical Sciences class |
| title_full | Understanding the effect of Robotics as an intervention strategy in a Technical Sciences class |
| title_fullStr | Understanding the effect of Robotics as an intervention strategy in a Technical Sciences class |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding the effect of Robotics as an intervention strategy in a Technical Sciences class |
| title_short | Understanding the effect of Robotics as an intervention strategy in a Technical Sciences class |
| title_sort | understanding the effect of robotics as an intervention strategy in a technical sciences class |
| topic | UCTD Robotics Education Technical Sciences Newton's Second Law Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-09 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/80092 |