Using robotics construction kits as metacognitive tools: a research in an Italian primary school.
The present paper is aimed at analyzing the process of building and programming robots as a metacognitive tool. Quantitative data and qualitative observations from a research performed in a sample of children attending an Italian primary school are described in this work. Results showed that robotics activities may be intended as a new metacognitive environment that allows children to monitor themselves and control their learning actions in an autonomous and self-centered way.
La Paglia
Filippo
F
Dipartimento di Neuroscienze Cliniche, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Grotte, Italy. filippolapaglia@gmail.com
Caci
Barbara
B
La Barbera
Daniele
D
Cardaci
Maurizio
M
D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D012106:Research; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods*; D012574:Schools