Research Article
The Influence of Educational Robotics to Computational Thinking Skill in Early Childhood Education
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.24-10-2018.2280538, author={Ratih Isnaini and Cucuk Wawan Budiyanto}, title={The Influence of Educational Robotics to Computational Thinking Skill in Early Childhood Education}, proceedings={The 1st International Conference on Computer Science and Engineering Technology Universitas Muria Kudus}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICCSET}, year={2018}, month={11}, keywords={computational thinking education robotics early childhood}, doi={10.4108/eai.24-10-2018.2280538} }- Ratih Isnaini
Cucuk Wawan Budiyanto
Year: 2018
The Influence of Educational Robotics to Computational Thinking Skill in Early Childhood Education
ICCSET
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.24-10-2018.2280538
Abstract
Computational Thinking (CT) has been becoming prominent in educational literature for its appeal as an alternative for problem-solving. The teaching of CT skill in secondary and higher education, however, remains the focus of scholarly research in the mainstream databases. A literature review was carried out to examine the use of robots and computational thinking skill in childhood. Three different databases and digital libraries were nominated for their vast number of papers and the wide coverage of readership. Specific keywords applied in the literature analysis were computational thinking and educational robotics to early childhood. This paper amasses the understanding of the impact CT on education suggested in the literature. The discussion section elaborates the advantage of educational robotics to improve CT skill, various means CT achievement assessment and adoption robotics to improve learning pertinent to early childhood education. Finally, the paper proposes the importance of study CT in early childhood education