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CATERINA LA CASCIA

Educational Robotics to Improve Mathematical and Metacognitive Skills

  • Authors: Filippo LA PAGLIA, ; Caterina LA CASCIA, ; Maria Margherita FRANCOMANO, ; Daniele LA BARBERA,
  • Publication year: 2017
  • Type: Articolo in rivista (Articolo in rivista)
  • OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/262628

Abstract

This paper describes the use of robotic kits as tools in developing mathematical and metacognitive skills, as the planning, reasoning and problem solving capabilities in young students. A sample of 30 students involved in an extracurricular laboratory based on robotics activities (10 meetings; three hours each, once a week). Quantitative and qualitative data showed that robotics activities may be intended as a new metacognitive environment that allows students to improve the attitude in mathematics, or increase the propensity to reflect on themselves and on their own learning, and higher-level control components, such as forecasting, planning, monitoring and evaluation exercises and problems related to implementation.