Integration of educational robotic in STEM learning to promote students’ collaborative skill

Abstract

Abstract The study aims to determine the effect of integration of educational robotics in STEM learning to promote students’ collaborative skills. Collaborative skills can be developed by implementing learning strategies that lead to learning activities as hands-on activities, technology engagement, and teamwork between students. These learning activities can be covered by integrated educational robotics in STEM learning. The descriptive method with a quantitative approach was applied in this research with 36 ten-grade students as subject research. The teacher team observed students’ collaborative skills before and after the implementation of STEM-Robotic learning. The observation using the instrument that developed based on indicators of collaborative skills activities. Collaborative skills activities consist of participation, perspective-taking, and social regulation. The results showed that STEM-Robotic learning can promote students’ collaborative skills in participation aspects by 55.93%, perspective-taking aspects by 56.03%, and social regulation aspects by 67.34%. The results indicate that STEM-Robotic learning is an alternative learning strategy that can be implemented to develop 21st-century skills, especially collaborative skills.