Robotics + computational thinking = better reading and comprehension
Join me in my journey in researching how robotics in the elementary classroom increases students’ reading comprehension.
An Action Research project is not the typical research. It is a specific type of research that allows (in this case) teachers to peform a research study in a more informal setting. Let’s not forget that teachers are exposed to endless situations where students are involved. Situations, that if they are well observed and documented, can help to see the cause and effects of diverse things, like waiting what happens if a student has more or less time to answer a teacher question. As well, many questions can be generated worth of studying. Questions like, does a digital porfolio increases a learner’s comprehension skills, or, how teaching growth mindset changes the way a student sees life?
In these scenarios and Action Research Project helps to collect that data, make a study and invite other experts in the area to take a peek in it and develop further more.
In this ocassion, the premise of this Action Research Project is to increase 6th graders’ reading and comprehension skills by teaching computational thinking. Computational thinking will be taught by using Sphero Edu robots.
Literature Review
Action Research Plan
Digital Learning Mindset 