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Jessica Mullins posted
Bringing Programming to Life with Legos is a way to introduce my students to programming and robotics while fostering problem-solving abilities in the areas of Science and Technology. My students lack problem solving skills. Programming is an interactive hands on way for students to solve problems and is an important part of learning and preparing for future career readiness. The LEGO Education WeDo 2.0 Core Set will encourage hands-on learning through play for students and help make problem solving concrete and tangible for them. Students will use the the WeDo 2.0 software to learn programming in an intuitive way by allowing students to bring their creations to life while building computational thinking skills like reasoning, pattern recognition, and modeling simulations. Integrating WeDo 2.0 into my science curriculum will strengthen student understanding of the eight science and engineering practices, as well as improve problem solving, critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and computational thinking skills. Upon the development of foundational programming skills, students will then design solutions for real-world science and technology challenges. The research question that I am focusing on is, ‘What impact, if any, does programming have on the development of problem-solving skills for 5th grade students?’ I will evaluate the the project’s outcomes by administering a pre and post assessment. I will first evaluate students’ ability to use problem solving skills to design solutions for real-world science and technology challenges without the implementation of programming by using the LEGO Education WeDo 2.0 Core Set. Then, after students have had the opportunity to experience the LEGO Education WeDo 2.0 Core Set and complete challenge task cards, I will administer a post assessment. This data will show whether programming with Legos has had an impact on students’ growth of problem solving skills.
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