标题：The Impact of an Integrated Robotics STEM Course with a Sailboat Topic on High School Students’ Perceptions of Integrative STEM, Interest, and Career Orientation
期刊名称：Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education
印刷版ISSN：1305-8223
电子版ISSN：1305-8223
出版年度：2018
卷号：14
期号：12
页码：1-19
DOI：10.29333/ejmste/94314
出版社：Pamukkale Univ Dept Sci Education
摘要：The robotics curriculum is one of the most common and popular curricula for
stimulating students’ interest in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) disciplines. The purpose of this study was to develop a robotics curriculum that
highly integrates STEM and uses open software and hardware, and to test its effects on
high school students’ learning outcomes, interest, and perceptions of STEM. The study
involved 82 Grade 10 students; divided into two groups, the experimental group
experienced an integrated robotics STEM course, whereas the comparison group
participated in a curriculum with commercial robotics. After a semester, the
quantitative and qualitative data showed that the experimental group reported
significantly more positive perceptions of integrated STEM, with strengthened
knowledge, interest, and career orientation towards related fields. The findings of this
study provide suggestions for STEM curriculum development.
