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The Effect of Activities using Hands-on Robots on Logic-Mathematical Knowledge and Creative Problem-Solving Ability of Young Children

교구로봇을 활용한 활동이 유아의 논리-수학적 지식과 창의적 문제해결능력에 미치는 영향

  • Kim, Sang-Un (Early Childhood Education, Kongju National University) ;
  • Kim, Sang-Hee (Early Childhood Education, Kongju National University) ;
  • Jang, Jee Eun (Educational Technology, Ewha Womans University)
  • Received : 2017.03.21
  • Accepted : 2017.07.03
  • Published : 2017.08.31
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Abstract

Robots are used in early childhood education as a new instructional media, and educational activities using robots have been increased. So the purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of educational activities using hands-on robots on logic-mathematical knowledge and creative problem-solving ability of young children. The total number of subjects was 43, and they were all five-year-old children. The experimental group and control group did activities with hands-on robots and general free activities, respectively. Results using ANCONA have shown that the activities with hands-on robots positively affected logic-mathematical knowledge and creative problem-solving ability of young children. These meaningful results have shown the possibility of early childhood educational use as the effectiveness of hands-on robots has come out.

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