TY - JOUR
T1 - Cognitive-conceptual model for integrating robotics and control into the curriculum
AU - Mioduser, David
AU - Levin, Ilya
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - The phenomenon of control is an essential component of our everyday natural, social and artificial environment. Control-related concepts have become a central component of many core topics in modern technology education. However, evidence already collected shows that students have serious difficulties in transcending the phenomenal or behavioral understanding of a system's functioning, towards more formal definitions of the control process. In this paper we suggest a framework for the design of learning environments of control concepts and design skills. Two main paradigms are suggested as the conveyors of very different cognitive approaches to control: programmingor software oriented and designor hardware oriented paradigms. The control of a Lego robot is used to elaborate on the different paradigms, and an example of computer implementation of control using spreadsheet software -the spreadsheet-book metaphor for representing control- is presented in detail.
AB - The phenomenon of control is an essential component of our everyday natural, social and artificial environment. Control-related concepts have become a central component of many core topics in modern technology education. However, evidence already collected shows that students have serious difficulties in transcending the phenomenal or behavioral understanding of a system's functioning, towards more formal definitions of the control process. In this paper we suggest a framework for the design of learning environments of control concepts and design skills. Two main paradigms are suggested as the conveyors of very different cognitive approaches to control: programmingor software oriented and designor hardware oriented paradigms. The control of a Lego robot is used to elaborate on the different paradigms, and an example of computer implementation of control using spreadsheet software -the spreadsheet-book metaphor for representing control- is presented in detail.
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U2 - 10.1080/0899340960070205
DO - 10.1080/0899340960070205
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AN - SCOPUS:85066219185
SN - 1522-6514
VL - 21
SP - 199
EP - 210
JO - International Journal of Phytoremediation
JF - International Journal of Phytoremediation
IS - 1
ER -