Using robotics in education : lessons learned and learning experiences

This paper investigates the use of robotics as a vehicle for guiding secondary school students toward an effective understanding of programming and engineering principles. The students built their robots using RCX LEGO MindStorms for a competition in the Robot Transporter Event. The paper describes...

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Main Authors: Goh, Henry (Author), Aris, Baharuddin (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Persatuan Teknologi Pendidikan Malaysia, 2007-11-02.
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