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This paper provides a framework for (1) how we can foster the 21st century learning skills with educational robotics and some pedagogic strategies, (2) how Problem Based-Learning (PBL) can be used for teaching educational robotics, (3) how we can use a friendly technology to teach educational robotics such as S4A and Arduino, and (4) the evaluation of critical thinking through PBL. Quantitative results are presented to describe frequency codes, co-occurrences and similarity, and linking analysis about students’ critical thinking skills during PBL phases. Next to that, the qualitative data provide valuable information on how teachers use educational robotics during PBL, what its advantages and limitations are, and how this topic may develop students’ cognitive skills.
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We thanks our research colleagues at the Fabio Lozano Simonelli School. Special thanks to Arturo Hernandez, Sandra Cardenas, Boris Rocha, Fanny Tovar, and Yenny Aldana for data collection and participation in Robarte project. This educational robotics project has available an online video (2018) with more than one million of views in YouTube. This video is called Robarte: de como la robotica le roba estudiantes a la desesperanza (see link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8b6bUXx50A) in Spanish language.
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Sierra Rativa, A. (2019). How can we Teach Educational Robotics to Foster 21st Learning Skills through PBL, Arduino and S4A?. In: Lepuschitz, W., Merdan, M., Koppensteiner, G., Balogh, R., Obdržálek, D. (eds) Robotics in Education. RiE 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 829. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97085-1_15
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