Integrating Storytelling into Robotics Challenges that Teach Mathematics

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Ma, Y., Williams, D., Lai, G., Prejean, L. & Ford, M.J. (2008). Integrating Storytelling into Robotics Challenges that Teach Mathematics. In K. McFerrin et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (pp. 4499-4504). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2008
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
March 3, 2008
ISBN 1-880094-64-9
  Karen McFerrin, Roberta Weber, Roger Carlsen & Dee Anna Willis
AACE

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Authors

Yuxin Ma, Douglas Williams, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA; Guolin Lai, Georgia State University, USA; Louise Prejean, Mary Jane Ford, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA

Abstract

Robotics has the potential to motivate student learning in mathematics, science, and engineering. However, existing robotics activities typically do not have a rich story context to motivate students; and more significantly, they do not often address specific content knowledge such as mathematics and science. As an effort to fill the gap in the literature, we have redesigned our robotics enrichment program to embed a rich story context and mathematical content knowledge in the robotics challenges. In the presentation, we will focus on the design of the challenges. It is our hope that the presentation can open a dialogue on how to leverage the affordances of emerging technologies, such as robotics, to design and implement educational programs that can meaningfully deliver specific content area knowledge.

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