{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2771603974","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/fie.2017.8190576","title":"Student outcomes from the evaluation of a transdisciplinary middle school robotics program","display_name":"Student outcomes from the evaluation of a transdisciplinary middle school robotics program","publication_year":2017,"publication_date":"2017-10-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2771603974","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/fie.2017.8190576","mag":"2771603974"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/fie.2017.8190576","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/fie.2017.8190576","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2017 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5048103972","display_name":"Jennifer Cross","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1201-2901"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I74973139","display_name":"Carnegie Mellon University","ror":"https://ror.org/05x2bcf33","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I74973139"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jennifer L. Cross","raw_affiliation_strings":["The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I74973139"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5002323111","display_name":"Emily Hamner","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5319-0384"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I74973139","display_name":"Carnegie Mellon University","ror":"https://ror.org/05x2bcf33","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I74973139"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Emily Hamner","raw_affiliation_strings":["The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I74973139"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5059238465","display_name":"Lauren Zito","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I74973139","display_name":"Carnegie Mellon University","ror":"https://ror.org/05x2bcf33","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I74973139"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Lauren Zito","raw_affiliation_strings":["The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I74973139"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5111962736","display_name":"Illah Nourbakhsh","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I74973139","display_name":"Carnegie Mellon University","ror":"https://ror.org/05x2bcf33","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I74973139"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Illah Nourbakhsh","raw_affiliation_strings":["The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I74973139"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I74973139"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.5123,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":5,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.61322314,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"9"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10533","display_name":"Teaching and Learning Programming","score":0.9983000159263611,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10533","display_name":"Teaching and Learning Programming","score":0.9983000159263611,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13280","display_name":"Biomedical and Engineering Education","score":0.9817000031471252,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2204","display_name":"Biomedical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13827","display_name":"Mechatronics Education and Applications","score":0.978600025177002,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2210","display_name":"Mechanical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/robotics","display_name":"Robotics","score":0.7331076860427856},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.5867952704429626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/educational-robotics","display_name":"Educational robotics","score":0.5390623807907104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.52509605884552},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics-education","display_name":"Mathematics education","score":0.45848318934440613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/robot","display_name":"Robot","score":0.30994635820388794},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.24179017543792725}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C34413123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170978","display_name":"Robotics","level":3,"score":0.7331076860427856},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.5867952704429626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C183889225","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5341299","display_name":"Educational robotics","level":4,"score":0.5390623807907104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.52509605884552},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145420912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853077","display_name":"Mathematics education","level":1,"score":0.45848318934440613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C90509273","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11012","display_name":"Robot","level":2,"score":0.30994635820388794},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.24179017543792725}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/fie.2017.8190576","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/fie.2017.8190576","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2017 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.6299999952316284,"display_name":"Quality Education","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":22,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1564359815","https://openalex.org/W1776060480","https://openalex.org/W1974279945","https://openalex.org/W2002376476","https://openalex.org/W2004443222","https://openalex.org/W2105335341","https://openalex.org/W2135036580","https://openalex.org/W2144964707","https://openalex.org/W2147092134","https://openalex.org/W2149946956","https://openalex.org/W2172008558","https://openalex.org/W2188636309","https://openalex.org/W2404740329","https://openalex.org/W2557955794","https://openalex.org/W2558215685","https://openalex.org/W2558890990","https://openalex.org/W2559645607","https://openalex.org/W6633949559","https://openalex.org/W6638271301","https://openalex.org/W6713231191","https://openalex.org/W6730373249","https://openalex.org/W6730599344"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4233452137","https://openalex.org/W4254857216","https://openalex.org/W4231626925","https://openalex.org/W2962829499","https://openalex.org/W2767518918","https://openalex.org/W2131444840","https://openalex.org/W192849109","https://openalex.org/W3184683492","https://openalex.org/W2548796344","https://openalex.org/W2414929284"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Robotics":[0],"activities":[1],"allow":[2],"students":[3,133,172],"to":[4,10,52,136,180],"gain":[5],"confidence":[6,184],"in":[7,91,140,149,183,196],"their":[8,137,141],"abilities":[9],"use":[11],"technology":[12],"creatively,":[13],"express":[14],"themselves,":[15],"and":[16,30,104,112,117,129,161],"solve":[17],"problems":[18],"of":[19,35,58,124,163,194],"interest.":[20],"However,":[21],"many":[22],"traditional":[23],"robotics":[24,44,48],"elective":[25],"programs":[26],"suffer":[27],"from":[28,69,76],"self-selection":[29],"reach":[31],"only":[32],"a":[33,41,54,192],"subset":[34],"students.":[36,59,98],"Arts":[37,83],"&":[38,84],"Bots":[39,85],"is":[40],"middle":[42,96],"school":[43,97],"program":[45,71],"which":[46,74],"integrates":[47],"into":[49],"non-technology":[50],"classes":[51],"engage":[53],"more":[55,175],"diverse":[56],"population":[57],"In":[60],"this":[61,81],"paper,":[62],"we":[63,119],"present":[64],"the":[65,186,197],"collected":[66],"student":[67,122,150,165],"outcomes":[68],"our":[70,159],"evaluation":[72,100,198],"study":[73],"ran":[75],"2013":[77],"until":[78],"2017.":[79],"During":[80],"time,":[82],"was":[86],"implemented":[87],"by":[88,158],"24":[89],"teachers":[90],"66":[92],"classes,":[93],"reaching":[94],"727":[95],"Program":[99],"data":[101],"included":[102],"pre-":[103,116],"post-surveys,":[105],"daily":[106],"reflection":[107],"sheets,":[108],"project":[109],"presentation":[110],"videos,":[111],"classroom":[113],"observations.":[114],"Between":[115],"post-tests,":[118],"recorded":[120],"better":[121],"understanding":[123],"what":[125],"engineering":[126],"careers":[127],"entail,":[128],"found":[130,169],"that":[131,170],"female":[132,171],"caught":[134],"up":[135],"male":[138,178],"peers":[139,179],"understanding.":[142],"Our":[143],"analysis":[144,162],"also":[145],"shows":[146],"pre/post":[147],"improvement":[148],"technical":[151],"knowledge.":[152],"Quantitative":[153],"survey":[154],"results":[155],"are":[156],"complemented":[157],"coding":[160],"qualitative":[164],"short":[166],"answers.":[167],"We":[168],"were":[173],"significantly":[174],"likely":[176],"than":[177],"mention":[181],"increases":[182],"on":[185],"post-survey.":[187],"This":[188],"paper":[189],"concludes":[190],"with":[191],"discussion":[193],"trends":[195],"results.":[199]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-07-29T14:22:42.915294","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}