2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Measuring the Educational Effect of STEM Education Using an Autonomous Underwater Robot Teaching Material
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19K20975
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| Project/Area Number (Other) |
18H05783 (2018)
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund (2019)
Single-year Grants (2018) |
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| Review Section |
:Education and related fields
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2018-08-24 – 2021-03-31
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| Keywords | STEM / 水中ロボット / AUV |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
An educational activity using an underwater robot was carried out, focusing on STEM learning as a means of comprehensive science education. We modified Mark3TM, which is developed by the author as an open source platform, and used it as a teaching material.
In order to verify the effectiveness of the education, a special section was set up at the Underwater Robot Convention in JAMSTEC'19, which is held every year, and participants were invited. A wide range of participants, from working people to high school students, participated in this section. As a result of the questionnaire to the participants, we obtained the result which suggested the existence of educational effect.
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| Free Research Field |
水中工学，STEM教育
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
科学教育をいわゆる暗記科目から思考力を養うところにシフトしていくことがSTEM教育の役割である．今回の研究によって得られた知見は，従来から研究してきた水中ロボット教材Mark3TMが力学を起点とした学習だけでなく，情報教育にまで応用できることを示唆している．これは，Mark3TMがSTEM学習用の教材として十分に優れるということを示している．海に囲まれ，STEM教育の質向上を求める我が国において，これらの成果が得られたことは教育対象者の質向上に資すると思われる．
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