Mailing students the low-cost Bluetooth robot in the online How to Train Your Robot workshop increased excitement about the topic and aided understanding of computational ideas¶

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q1 i? The authors report the mailed robot component proved effective in increasing excitement and aiding understanding of computational ideas. → Randi Williams 2023

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Randi Williams 2023¶

Randi Williams, Safinah Ali, Nisha Devasia, Daniella DiPaola, Jenna Hong, Stephen P. Kaputsos, Brian Jordan, Cynthia Breazeal. (2023). AI + Ethics Curricula for Middle School Youth: Lessons Learned from Three Project-Based Curricula. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-022-00298-y

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Authors' report on the How to Train Your Robot online workshop, in which mailed Bluetooth robots (currently priced at $40 each) were kept by students. They state "The robot component proved effective in increasing stu- dents’ excitement about the topic and aided their understanding of computational ideas." No quantitative measure accompanies this observation.

"The robot component proved effective in increasing stu- dents’ excitement about the topic and aided their understanding of computational ideas."

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