Task-Based Instruction (TBI) Using Modular Robotics, Science Academic Achievement, Grit, and Attitude of Grade 11 Students

Science educators in the Philippines continuously find ways to make engaging learning environments for students of the 21st century. One innovation that has been prevalent in schools is the use of robotics. This engineering tool provides opportunities to develop students' understanding and f...

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Main Author: Guerrero, Jonnah Cristine
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.theses-dissertations-16122021-10-06T05:00:04Z Task-Based Instruction (TBI) Using Modular Robotics, Science Academic Achievement, Grit, and Attitude of Grade 11 Students Guerrero, Jonnah Cristine Science educators in the Philippines continuously find ways to make engaging learning environments for students of the 21st century. One innovation that has been prevalent in schools is the use of robotics. This engineering tool provides opportunities to develop students' understanding and further motivate learners to take an interest in Science. It is therefore important to investigate its value as an educational tool. The purpose of this study was to employ a pedagogy called Task-Based Instruction (TBI) using Lego Mindstorms EV3 as the robotics platform in learning scientific concepts among grade 11 students. This was a quasi-experimental research involving two classes of 23 students who were exposed to the learning pedagogy, but only one class used robotics as a tool in their tasks. The life science unit was comprised of fourteen 120-minute sessions and students worked in groups to build and code in the context of life science following the structure of the tasks. Task-based Instruction as a learning approach paired with or without the robotic tool improves science academic achievement and attitudes toward Biology. Though there was no significant difference on the overall grit score between the groups, it is important to note that there was an improvement on the grit subcategory perseverance of effort after instruction among students in the robotics learning group. Further, the positive results on their attitude towards robotics suggest that it is possible to learn engineering skills such as coding and building in a short period of time. 2020-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://archium.ateneo.edu/theses-dissertations/486 Theses and Dissertations (All) Archīum Ateneo n/a
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Task-Based Instruction (TBI) Using Modular Robotics, Science Academic Achievement, Grit, and Attitude of Grade 11 Students
description Science educators in the Philippines continuously find ways to make engaging learning environments for students of the 21st century. One innovation that has been prevalent in schools is the use of robotics. This engineering tool provides opportunities to develop students' understanding and further motivate learners to take an interest in Science. It is therefore important to investigate its value as an educational tool. The purpose of this study was to employ a pedagogy called Task-Based Instruction (TBI) using Lego Mindstorms EV3 as the robotics platform in learning scientific concepts among grade 11 students. This was a quasi-experimental research involving two classes of 23 students who were exposed to the learning pedagogy, but only one class used robotics as a tool in their tasks. The life science unit was comprised of fourteen 120-minute sessions and students worked in groups to build and code in the context of life science following the structure of the tasks. Task-based Instruction as a learning approach paired with or without the robotic tool improves science academic achievement and attitudes toward Biology. Though there was no significant difference on the overall grit score between the groups, it is important to note that there was an improvement on the grit subcategory perseverance of effort after instruction among students in the robotics learning group. Further, the positive results on their attitude towards robotics suggest that it is possible to learn engineering skills such as coding and building in a short period of time.
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author Guerrero, Jonnah Cristine
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title Task-Based Instruction (TBI) Using Modular Robotics, Science Academic Achievement, Grit, and Attitude of Grade 11 Students
title_short Task-Based Instruction (TBI) Using Modular Robotics, Science Academic Achievement, Grit, and Attitude of Grade 11 Students
title_full Task-Based Instruction (TBI) Using Modular Robotics, Science Academic Achievement, Grit, and Attitude of Grade 11 Students
title_fullStr Task-Based Instruction (TBI) Using Modular Robotics, Science Academic Achievement, Grit, and Attitude of Grade 11 Students
title_full_unstemmed Task-Based Instruction (TBI) Using Modular Robotics, Science Academic Achievement, Grit, and Attitude of Grade 11 Students
title_sort task-based instruction (tbi) using modular robotics, science academic achievement, grit, and attitude of grade 11 students
publisher Archīum Ateneo
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