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International Journal of Social Robotics

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Analysing the Computational Competences Acquired by K-12 Students When Lectured by Robotic and Human Teachers

Can a Robot Teach Computational Principles to Pre-university Students?

Authors: Camino Fernández-Llamas, Miguel Ángel Conde, Francisco J. Rodríguez-Sedano, Francisco J. Rodríguez-Lera, Vicente Matellán-Olivera

Published in: International Journal of Social Robotics | Issue 5/2020

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Robots have been proposed as teaching assistants for children, but few studies have measured their effectiveness. This paper describes an experiment using the Baxter robot for teaching basic computational principles. We compare acquired abilities in students with a control group lectured by a human teacher in a traditional way. These abilities are focused on the application of computational principles to a different domain. Experiment description, data analysis and discussion of the results are also presented in this paper.

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Title: Analysing the Computational Competences Acquired by K-12 Students When Lectured by Robotic and Human Teachers
Can a Robot Teach Computational Principles to Pre-university Students?
Authors: Camino Fernández-Llamas
Miguel Ángel Conde
Francisco J. Rodríguez-Sedano
Francisco J. Rodríguez-Lera
Vicente Matellán-Olivera
Publication date: 09-11-2017
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: International Journal of Social Robotics / Issue 5/2020
Print ISSN: 1875-4791
Electronic ISSN: 1875-4805
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-017-0440-9

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