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http://dx.doi.org/10.9708/jksci.2018.23.01.049

Design and Development of Robot Command Card for Coding Learning

Han, Sun-Gwan (Dept. of Computer Education, Gyeongin National University of Education)

Publication Information

Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information / v.23, no.1, 2018 , pp. 49-55 More about this Journal

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a design and development of instructional cards to understand the grammar of coding, solving the problems and extending the computational thinking in the robot-driven environment. First, we designed the input/output module of the robot to process the coding grammar through the function analysis of the robot. And we designed the module of command card to learn coding grammar using color sensors. We have proven the validity of the designed instruction card by examining the experts to see if it is suitable for coding grammar learning. Designed robot and command card were developed with 28 cards and sensor robot. After applying the developed robot and command card to the elementary school students, the questionnaire showed that students grow the understanding and confidence of coding. In addition, students showed an increased need for programming learning.

Keywords

Software Education; Educational Robot; Coding Education; Command Card;

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