Date of Award:
8-2018
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Applied Sciences, Technology, and Education
Department name when degree awarded
Applied Sciences Technology Education
Committee Chair(s)
Gary A. Stewardson (Committee Chair)
Committee
Gary A. Stewardson
Committee
Trevor P. Robinson
Committee
Wade Goodridge
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to compare student motivation between two junior high level computational thinking based STEM curricular activities. These two activities were a newly developed quadcopter based curriculum and a VEX based curricular activity developed for Project Lead the Way’s Gateway to Technology – Automation and Robotics course. Student motivation was assessed using an assessment called My Class Activities which broke motivation into four constructs: interest, challenge, choice, and enjoyment.
This study assessed students in three schools in a northern Utah school district. Students were assessed after receiving each curriculum. Assessment responses were then coded and analyzed. The results of this study suggested that though the junior high VEX curriculum was more challenging and offered students more choice than the quadcopter curriculum, the teacher delivering the curriculum had more to do with student motivation.
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Recommended Citation
Ortiz, Cory J., "An Experimental Comparison of Student Motivation Between Two Computational Thinking-Based STEM Activities: Vex-Based Automation and Robotics and a Quadcopter Activity" (2018). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 7193.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7193
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