TEACHING THE ELECTIVE COURSE “PROGRAMMING AND DESIGN OF ROBOTS” IN THE SCHOOL
The article deals with an example of the program of the elective course on designing and programming robots based on the set of Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 first year. The author describes peculiarities of use of project-based, method, portfolios, mutual learning method, the modular method and the method of problem-based learning in teaching robotics to children.
Keywords: robotics, an elective course, method of projects portfolio method, method of mutual learning, modular method, problem-based learning
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Issue: 9, 2013
Series of issue: Issue 9
Rubric: GENERAL AND ADDITIONAL EDUCATION OF SCHOOLCHILDREN
Pages: 175 — 180
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