Promoting Diversity and Public School Success in Robotics Competitions

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Author(s): Jeffrey Rosen (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA), Fred Stillwell (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)and Marion Usselman (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 17
Source title: Robots in K-12 Education: A New Technology for Learning
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Bradley S. Barker (University of Nebraska – Lincoln, USA), Gwen Nugent (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA), Neal Grandgenett (University of Nebraska-Omaha, USA)and Viacheslav I. Adamchuk (McGill University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0182-6.ch016

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Technologies in K-12 Education

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The objective of robotics competitions, such as FIRST LEGO® League (FLL®), is to create a tournament that promotes high-level engineering and academic engagement in students by providing the most rewarding experience possible for the largest group of students. To increase the number of students age 9-14 successfully participating in FLL® from public schools, and to concurrently increase the diversity of the pool of student participants, the Georgia FLL® organizers have implemented a number of interventions. These interventions can be grouped into A) Centralized policy decisions that impact how the program is run at the state level; B) Outreach activities that provide low-income teams with training and supplies; C) Promotion of LEGO® Mindstorm use within the actual school curriculum; and D) Partnerships with school systems to promote after-school FLL® robotics clubs. This chapter reviews these efforts and their effect on tournament diversity.

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