A LOW-COST EDUCATIONAL ROBOT AS A TOOL FOR TEACHERS IN TEACHINGMATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS -
Aileen Amora-Sieras · Journal of Critical Reviews · 2020
Educational robots can act an immense part in adopting some of the challenges in the education system in the Philippines. Hence, this project study focuses on the design, mechanisms, and applications of robotics that can be suitable as educational aid to improve the teaching methods in secondary schools. In this robotic project, the Atmega168 P-Bot Jr microcontroller is the brain of the robot with DC motor, line sensor and an ultrasonic sensor connected to create a customized educational robot. Once operational, one of the key purposes of these robots is to reinforce the inadequacy of the K to 12 program of Department of Education, Misamis Oriental Division in using technology such as robotics in the classroom. Furthermore, these prototype robots needed a pilot school to test and implement the integration of Grade 9 curriculum module in mathematics and physics subjects aligned to the Department of Education (DepEd) standards. Teachers were trained to the operation of the robots, which included developing programs and activities related to their various lessons. This paper presented the importance of the integration of the customized educational robot as a tool in the classroom, the lessons that had been learned through its implementation, and the future directions of the project.