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This paper reports a case study concerning the use of LEGO Mindstorms Robotics as an instructional tool in science education. In particular, the paper briefly delineates a teaching class module in the field of Science Education for the primary level. It is the authors’ expectation to evaluate the proposed methodology under a large-scale study designed to measure the effectiveness of this approach in terms of learning outcomes, students’ satisfaction, enjoyment and perceived usefulness.
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Panayiotou, M., Eteokleous-Grigoriou, N. (2017). Using LEGO Mindstorms as an Instructional Tool to Teach Science in Primary Education. In: Alimisis, D., Moro, M., Menegatti, E. (eds) Educational Robotics in the Makers Era. Edurobotics 2016 2016. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 560. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55553-9_20
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