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[email protected] IEEE qM obotics qMqM utomation Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM MAGAZINE Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® IEEE qM obotics qMqM utomation Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page qMqM MAGAZINE Qmags THE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND® Vol. 23, No. 2 JUNE 2016 ISSN 1070-9932 http://www.ieee-ras.org/publications/ram FEATURES 16 Pedagogical Uses of Thymio II How Do Teachers Perceive Educational Robots in Formal Education? By Morgane Chevalier, Fanny Riedo, and Francesco Mondada 24 The Game of Science An Experiment in Synthetic Roboethology with Primary School Children By Edoardo Datteri and Luisa Zecca 30 Teacher’s Kit Development, Usability, and Communities of Modular Robotic Kits for Classroom Education By Árpád Takács, György Eigner, Levente Kovács, OF MEN LICENSED BY AND IMAGES DOOR INGRAM PUBLISHING Imre J. Rudas, and Tamás Haidegger 40 Robotics for All Ages A Standard Robotics Curriculum for K–16 By Carlotta A. Berry, Sekou L. Remy, and Tamara E. Rogers 47 STORMLab for STEM Education An Affordable Modular Robotic Kit for Integrated Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education By Ekawahyu Susilo, Jianing Liu, Yasmin Alvarado Rayo, Ashley Melissa Peck, Justin Montenegro, Mark Gonyea, and Pietro Valdastri 56 Learning by Teaching a Robot The Case of Handwriting By Séverin Lemaignan, Alexis Jacq, Deanna Hood, Fernando Garcia, Ana Paiva, and Pierre Dillenbourg ON THE COVER Teaching Introductory Robotics Programming Theoretical and experimental studies about the 67 pedagogical and psychological effectiveness of edu- Learning to Program with National Instruments’ LabVIEW cational robotics can provide evidence on how and By Timothy Bower to what extent robots can improve future education. 74 Science Class with RoboThespian PHOTO CREDITS: FOREGROUND IMAGE ©TECHNION CENTER Using a Robot Teacher to Make Science FOR ROBOTICS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION, BACKGROUND IMAGE LICENSED BY INGRAM PUBLISHING Fun and Engage Students By Igor M. Verner, Alex Polishuk, and Niv Krayner If you like an article, 81 An Innovative Educational Change click this icon to record Massive Open Online Courses in Robotics your opinion. This and Robotic Vision capability is available By Peter Corke, Elizabeth Greener, and Robyn Philip for online Web brows- ers and offline PDF reading on a con- nected device. 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