The Contribution of Robotics Coding Education to Students’ Higher-Order Thinking and Language Development: A Literature Review
Balkan and Near Eastern Journal of Social Sciences, cilt.9, sa.1, ss.238-251, 2023 (Hakemli Dergi)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 9 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2023
- Dergi Adı: Balkan and Near Eastern Journal of Social Sciences
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Asos İndeks
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.238-251
- İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Adresli: Evet
Özet
Robotics and coding education aims to teach students the basic principles of robots and coding language to enable students to establish close relationships with technology and become independent individuals. Through robotics and coding education, students find opportunities to develop problem solving, computational thinking, creative thinking and language skills. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to investigate and examine the effects of robotics and coding education on students' higher-order thinking skills, including creative thinking skills, critical thinking skills, problem solving skills, and computational thinking and language skills. The main focus of the research is closely related to the extent to which students are can advance their potential in these areas in the process of robotics and coding education. In addition, considering students with different developmental levels, the current research reviewed studies on nongifted and gifted students. When the results of the research were examined, it was found that robotics and coding education was a great source of motivation for nongifted and gifted students, the disadvantages related to gender in education were eliminated, and with this motivation, students showed great progress in high-level thinking skills and language skills. This study aims to contribute to educators, researchers and families by examining the performances of typically developing and gifted students in robotics and coding education. As a result of the analyzed research, some suggestions were made.