Are 21st Century Skills Evaluated in Robotics Competitions? The Case of First LEGO League Competition

Mireia Usart, Despoina Schina, Vanessa Esteve-Gonzalez, Mercè Gisbert

2019

Abstract

Citizens of the 21st century need to acquire skills related to collaboration and project design in order to be able to meet the current demands for the workplace. Challenge-based learning contexts such as FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Competition connect students with professionals and enable them to solve real-world problems and develop 21st century skills. Main aim of this study is to examine whether 21st century skills are evaluated in the context of FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Competition within Core Values, Project and Robot Design competition categories. Our study is based on an expert analysis of the 21st century skills as presented in the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) evaluation rubrics. Results show that the main 21st century skills are displayed at the FLL evaluation rubric, in particular communication and problem solving. This study could be helpful to FLL experts and coaches and could enable them to better target 21st century skills in the teams’ training and evaluation.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Usart M., Schina D., Esteve-Gonzalez V. and Gisbert M. (2019). Are 21st Century Skills Evaluated in Robotics Competitions? The Case of First LEGO League Competition.In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-367-4, pages 445-452. DOI: 10.5220/0007757404450452

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu19,
author={Mireia Usart and Despoina Schina and Vanessa Esteve-Gonzalez and Mercè Gisbert},
title={Are 21st Century Skills Evaluated in Robotics Competitions? The Case of First LEGO League Competition},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2019},
pages={445-452},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007757404450452},
isbn={978-989-758-367-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - Are 21st Century Skills Evaluated in Robotics Competitions? The Case of First LEGO League Competition
SN - 978-989-758-367-4
AU - Usart M.
AU - Schina D.
AU - Esteve-Gonzalez V.
AU - Gisbert M.
PY - 2019
SP - 445
EP - 452
DO - 10.5220/0007757404450452