Educational robotics proposal in early childhood education to enhance mathematical competence acquisition

Abstract

It is a fact that Robotics are considered to be one the emerging technologies used in the classrooms nowadays. It is common to apply educational robotic projects both in Primary and Secondary Education, but its implementation in Early Childhood Education is not having so much rise yet despite the potential it can achieve. Its potential is related not only to the achievement of spatial and temporal competences both in a playful, interactive and constructive way but also to the enhancement of the learning process in terms of developing the different types of intelligences. The work carried out intends a first approximation of Robotics in a classroom of 3 year old children to evaluate the potential of this tool to achieve spatial and temporal concepts. The main objective of the work is to have a starting point that allows us to evaluate the evolution of these students when achieving mathematical competencies using this tool. Results obtained show that 83% of students have been able to use the tool by their own being the teacher the guide of the learning process while their level of motivation has been very high.