HUANG, YA LIEN
National Taipei University of Education, Graduate School of Curriculum and Instructional Communications Technology, Student
Email：lovelylittlehouse@gmail.com
TSUEI, MENG PING
National Taipei University of Education, Graduate School of Curriculum and Instructional Communications Technology, Professor
Email：mptsuei@mail.ntue.edu.tw
Abstract
The purpose of this study were to explore the effects of applying robotic programming courses on computational thinking and STEM attitude of children. The quasi-experimental research method was adopted. Both of students implemented Scratch foundation course(5-weeks) and pre-test of STEM attitude scale and computing thinking test. Forty-seven students, served as the experimental group, learned robotic programming. Nineteen students, served as the control groups, learned advanced course of Scratch. After instruction, the post-test for the same scale and test were also given. The pre-test and post-test scores were processed by paired t-tests and one-way ANCOVA. It is concluded that robotic programming courses is not helpful to computational thinking but STEM attitude. The results of this study can be used as a reference for future STEM teaching.
Keywords :STEM, Computational Thinking, Robotic programming