Abstract
Integrating LEGO Robotics Into a 5th Grade Cross Curricular Unit to Promote the Development of Narrative Writing Skills
Highlights
Writing has been at the forefront of education since the onset of formal educational settings and I argue it may be more important than ever before
This paper describes a unit designed to promote the development of narrative writing skills among 5th grade students through the use of LEGO robotics
A final culminating activity required the students to write a narrative piece to relate the events of Hiroshima to their personal experiences with Hurricane Irma
Summary
Writing has been at the forefront of education since the onset of formal educational settings and I argue it may be more important than ever before. The issue at hand becomes how to teach writing, or apply the concepts learned, in an engaging and meaningful way for students With such time constraints placed on classroom teachers, finding a way to incorporate more learning in less time would help to alleviate some of the stresses felt by educators. The school faculty and administration felt the robotics writing intervention showed positive results and early in the fall of 2017 the school reached out to the university to determine if it would be feasible for their students to participate in another robotics program, but with a new group of students. After meeting to determine the school’s expectations for the program the following unit was developed
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