Effects of educational robots on learning STEM and on students' attitude toward STEM

Abstract

Along with robotic technology development, researchers and educators have employed robots to support education. They state many benefits for using robotics in the classroom. The present study seeks to examine the teachers' perceptions of the effects of robotics on students' learning experiences and on their interests toward Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) subjects. The results of this study reveal that robotics helps students to learn STEM subjects. The results also reveal that robotics promotes students' interest toward STEM subjects, so it can be considered as a useful aid to mitigate the lack of interest toward STEM subjects in schools. The findings represented new examples of Constructivism and Constructionism theories.