Robotics as a tool to increase the motivation levels in problematic students

• Author(s): Ribeiro, Célia Rosa ; Coutinho, Clara Pereira ; Costa, Manuel F. M. ; Machado, C.
• Date: 2009
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/9997
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Educational; Robotics
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

The study described in this work was done by students of the Training and Education Courses (CEFs) in Informatics Operators of EB 2,3 Gonçalo Sampaio in Póvoa de Lanhoso during the academic year 2008/09. The study was conducted with two classes, with a total of 23 students. These students are aged between 15 and 18 years and the majority are males with only 4 girls. These students were not very motivated to attend school successfully, since they were students that had difficulties and failed one ornmore years. The CEFs were created to allow these students to finish their academic studies, in a less constrained pedagogical environment, that provided access to professional studies.