Implementing Four Aspects of STEM for Primary Childhood Education in a Robotic Learning Kit
Indar Surahmat, Karisma Trinanda Putra, Nur Qomariyah Hayati, Ahmad Zaki Arrayan, Nita Andrianti, Amanda Murtiningtyas · 2024
The essential role of education has proven its im-pact on community development. It starts with early childhood education when it introduces fundamental concepts. Introducing STEM to children is considered to have some challenging aspects. Interest and motivation are two examples of these aspects. As a solution for these aspects, this work proposes an integration concept of STEM by using a robotic learning kit. The learning kit employs a microcontroller with web-based features and robotic sensors to define a specific STEM topic. We adjusted the kit to be compatible with the primary school curriculum in the four STEM aspects. The kit assessment involved a teacher who directly managed a class in the school. The teacher gave a positive signal to the kit.