The effects of WeDo 2.0 robot workshop on Omani grade 5 students’ acquisition of the computational thinking concepts and acceptance of the robot technology

Rouhollah Khodabandelou; Khaloud Alhoqani

doi:10.1080/03004279.2022.2041685

The effects of WeDo 2.0 robot workshop on Omani grade 5 students’ acquisition of the computational thinking concepts and acceptance of the robot technology

Rouhollah Khodabandelou, Khaloud Alhoqani

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This research aimed to study the effects of the WeDo 2.0 robot workshop on grade five students’ acquisition of the computational thinking concepts (CTCs) and their acceptance of the robot technology. A quasi-experimental method, One-Group Pertest Post-test design, was used. Thirty-five grade 5 students participated in a five-day (four hours of daily training) informal robot workshop in Oman. The findings of the study showed a significant improvement in grade five students’ acquisition of CTCs after attending the robot workshop particularly in three dimensions of the CTCs: Sequential control flow, Loops, and Conditionals. and a positive acceptance of robot technology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1027-1043
Number of pages	17
Journal	Education 3-13
Volume	51
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2022.2041685
Publication status	Published - Mar 1 2022

Keywords

Computational thinking
WeDo 2.0
coding
robot
technology acceptance
young student

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Education
Life-span and Life-course Studies

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