Didactic impact of educational robotics on the development of STEM competence in primary education: a systematic review and meta-analysis

As robotics become increasingly present in about every area of the human daily life scheme, their presence in the educational world has become increasingly common, especially with regard to earlier stages and in relation to disciplines framed within the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathemat...

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Main Authors: Irene Trapero-González, Francisco Javier Hinojo-Lucena, José-María Romero-Rodríguez, Alejandro Martínez-Menéndez
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Education
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2024.1480908/full
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José-María Romero-Rodríguez
Alejandro Martínez-Menéndez
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description As robotics become increasingly present in about every area of the human daily life scheme, their presence in the educational world has become increasingly common, especially with regard to earlier stages and in relation to disciplines framed within the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) concept, given its innate links to these programmable companions. Consequentially, the main objective of this study is to analyze the evolution in time of robotic learning mediation of STEM-based teaching and learning in the Primary Education stage. To achieve this objective, a systematic review of the literature and a meta-analysis were conducted to retrieve experiences of interest (n = 13; n = 8). The present study indicates that, despite certain hiatuses, this educational research field has been of global increasing interest, implementing a variety of robotic-related products that, in the end, have been reported to cause a moderate benefit regarding the acquisition and strengthening of STEM competences. Future research lines are discussed, pointing to the urgent need to establish a framework of reference for didactic planning around these resources in order to extend their use to every potential teacher in the target stage.
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spelling doaj-art-99081586bb6c481985239711bbd2bb252025-08-20T01:59:14ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Education2504-284X2024-12-01910.3389/feduc.2024.14809081480908Didactic impact of educational robotics on the development of STEM competence in primary education: a systematic review and meta-analysisIrene Trapero-GonzálezFrancisco Javier Hinojo-LucenaJosé-María Romero-RodríguezAlejandro Martínez-MenéndezAs robotics become increasingly present in about every area of the human daily life scheme, their presence in the educational world has become increasingly common, especially with regard to earlier stages and in relation to disciplines framed within the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) concept, given its innate links to these programmable companions. Consequentially, the main objective of this study is to analyze the evolution in time of robotic learning mediation of STEM-based teaching and learning in the Primary Education stage. To achieve this objective, a systematic review of the literature and a meta-analysis were conducted to retrieve experiences of interest (n = 13; n = 8). The present study indicates that, despite certain hiatuses, this educational research field has been of global increasing interest, implementing a variety of robotic-related products that, in the end, have been reported to cause a moderate benefit regarding the acquisition and strengthening of STEM competences. Future research lines are discussed, pointing to the urgent need to establish a framework of reference for didactic planning around these resources in order to extend their use to every potential teacher in the target stage.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2024.1480908/fullprimary educationmeta-analysisroboticsSTEMsystematic review
spellingShingle Irene Trapero-González
Francisco Javier Hinojo-Lucena
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Alejandro Martínez-Menéndez
Didactic impact of educational robotics on the development of STEM competence in primary education: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Frontiers in Education
primary education
meta-analysis
robotics
STEM
systematic review
title Didactic impact of educational robotics on the development of STEM competence in primary education: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_full Didactic impact of educational robotics on the development of STEM competence in primary education: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_fullStr Didactic impact of educational robotics on the development of STEM competence in primary education: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_full_unstemmed Didactic impact of educational robotics on the development of STEM competence in primary education: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_short Didactic impact of educational robotics on the development of STEM competence in primary education: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_sort didactic impact of educational robotics on the development of stem competence in primary education a systematic review and meta analysis
topic primary education
meta-analysis
robotics
STEM
systematic review
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2024.1480908/full
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