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Studies have shown that teaching programming to students is often a difficult task. The programming language itself is not as much a challenge as the concepts and structures, which define it. This paper explores the use of educational robotics to introduce basic programming concepts through meaningful teaching and learning activities with the hands-on use of bee-bots. The results from an empirical study show that students can successfully develop algorithmic thinking and programming skills based on their knowledge acquired by the bee-bots. Thanks to the tactile interaction with robots, students developed their creativity and imagination as built systems with Lego WeDo, all the while enjoying the course through teamwork activities.
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Athanasiou, L., Topali, P., Mikropoulos, T.A. (2017). The Use of Robotics in Introductory Programming for Elementary Students. In: Alimisis, D., Moro, M., Menegatti, E. (eds) Educational Robotics in the Makers Era. Edurobotics 2016 2016. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 560. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55553-9_14
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