Robotics Community Experiences: Leveraging Informal Design and Learning Experiences to Motivate Urban Youth in STEM
Abstract
In this chapter, the authors focus on the motivational and engagement aspects of robotics technical design experiences for youth participating in two different afterschool robotics programs: the Digital Youth Network (DYN) and Robot Diaries (RD). The programs each take a different approach to motivating and engaging participants with robotic technology and design. The authors analytically describe and compare the relationship between programmatic goals of each program and participant experiences. Programmatic goals influenced the participants’ opportunities to engage with technology, increased their comfort level with technology, and skills in adapting technology to facilitate individual and group-centered design goals. The authors offer recommendations for the design of robotics programs for youth and point to the importance of the role of audience, materials selection that engage and motivate youth, instructor roles, and instructor knowledge.
http://www.worldcat.org/title/handbook-of-research-on-advancements-in-robotics-and-mechatronics/oclc/905902671
BibTeX
@incollection{Gomez-2015-5964,author = {Kimberley Gomez and Debra Bernstein and Jolene Zywica and Emily Hamner and Ung-Sang Lee and Jahneille Cunningham},
title = {Robotics Community Experiences: Leveraging Informal Design and Learning Experiences to Motivate Urban Youth in STEM},
booktitle = {Handbook of Research on Advancements in Robotics and Mechatronics},
publisher = {Engineering Science Reference},
address = {701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, PA, 17033},
editor = {Maki K. Habib},
year = {2015},
month = {May},
pages = {929 - 957},
}