Development of the Children's Abilities in School.
Development of the Children's Abilities in School.

A comparative study between the efficiency of the Robotics vs Applied Mathematics in Movement Transmission

Summary/Abstract: A qualitative and comparative analysis is performed regarding the possible consequences ofthe introduction in the school curriculum of 10-12 years old children, of Robotics and AppliedMathematics in Movement Transmission (AMMT) courses, respectively. The research has been doneat the Gymnazial School Number 195, from Bucharest, during two scholar years (2017-2019). Eachclass had 36 students and the two hours Robotics / AMMT courses had a weekly frequency. Directobservation, interviews of the children and parents, together with the class and individual journals,where children noted their opinions during the two years, are analyzed and interpreted. The resultsshow better scholar performances of the children following Robotics courses, in respect to the onesfollowing AMMT ones and a greater attraction of the children in Robotics. Further, a quantitativeevaluation regarding the improvement of mathematical performances of children is presented,given a very similar level of the two classes at the beginning of the research in respect to theiraverage Maths scores. The analysis involved several statistical parameters, like the average scoresobtained at Math tests, their variances, the evolution of the children with the lowest performancesand the number of the maximum scores in each class. All of them suggest the Robotics courseefficiency in increasing mathematical performances level of young children is superior to the one ofthe AMMT course, recommending the introduction of such courses in the school curriculum.

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