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Participants’ perceptions about their learning with first LEGO® league competition – A gender study

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    Identifier: imarina:6389665
    Authors:
    Schina, DespoinaUsart, MireiaEsteve-Gonzalez, Vanessa
    Abstract:
    © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020. Robotics Competitions as FIRST LEGO® League (FLL) Competition are gaining more and more popularity, however, what are the participants learning? The present study investigates participants’ perceptions regarding their learning with FLL Competition. In particular, it explores participants’ perceptions about their learning about the world, learning to solve problems, learning to engage, learning to apply knowledge, learning to communicate, learning to apply the technology cycle, studies participants’ perceptions on the competition activities, but, more importantly, it explores gender differences in students’ perceptions about their learning in the competition. A quantitative methodology is used, a questionnaire collecting data on participants’ perceptions was first validated by a team of experts and then completed by 84 participants of the Finals of FLL Competition 2018 in Greece. Results show that participants’ perceptions on their learning are very positive: (a) they report that they enjoy taking part in the competition as they are engaged in activities of their preference, (b) participants consider the competition as a great opportunity for learning about real word problems and for the acquisition of skills in STEM areas of studies, (c) participants view that they acquire social, collaborative and communication skills and (d) regarding gender, females tend to be more engaged, enthusiastic, creative, eager to experiment and more likely to adopt collaborative strategies than males.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Schina, Despoina; Usart, Mireia; Esteve-Gonzalez, Vanessa
    Department: Pedagogia
    URV's Author/s: Esteve Gonzalez, Vanessa / Schina, Despoina / Usart Rodríguez, Mireia
    Keywords: Gender studies First® lego® league competition Educational robotics
    Abstract: © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020. Robotics Competitions as FIRST LEGO® League (FLL) Competition are gaining more and more popularity, however, what are the participants learning? The present study investigates participants’ perceptions regarding their learning with FLL Competition. In particular, it explores participants’ perceptions about their learning about the world, learning to solve problems, learning to engage, learning to apply knowledge, learning to communicate, learning to apply the technology cycle, studies participants’ perceptions on the competition activities, but, more importantly, it explores gender differences in students’ perceptions about their learning in the competition. A quantitative methodology is used, a questionnaire collecting data on participants’ perceptions was first validated by a team of experts and then completed by 84 participants of the Finals of FLL Competition 2018 in Greece. Results show that participants’ perceptions on their learning are very positive: (a) they report that they enjoy taking part in the competition as they are engaged in activities of their preference, (b) participants consider the competition as a great opportunity for learning about real word problems and for the acquisition of skills in STEM areas of studies, (c) participants view that they acquire social, collaborative and communication skills and (d) regarding gender, females tend to be more engaged, enthusiastic, creative, eager to experiment and more likely to adopt collaborative strategies than males.
    Thematic Areas: Engenharias iv Engenharias i Ciência da computação Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 2194-5357
    Author's mail: vanessa.esteve@urv.cat vanessa.esteve@urv.cat despoina.schina@urv.cat mireia.usart@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0001-5909-1099 0000-0001-5909-1099 0000-0003-4372-9312
    Record's date: 2024-08-10
    Journal volume: 1023
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-26945-6_28
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Advances In Intelligent Systems And Computing. 1023 313-324
    APA: Schina, Despoina; Usart, Mireia; Esteve-Gonzalez, Vanessa (2020). Participants’ perceptions about their learning with first LEGO® league competition – A gender study. HEIDELBERG: Springer
    Article's DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-26945-6_28
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2020
    Publication Type: Proceedings Paper
  • Keywords:

    Gender studies
    First® lego® league competition
    Educational robotics
    Engenharias iv
    Engenharias i
    Ciência da computação
    Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
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