The Development of Achievement of Level 4 students in Chemistry by Using Robot and Embedded Technology Thailand Innovative Teachers 2012

1. Expl lanation : After th experiment, the
he e
P roject Descriptio
on Design of the Lea
arning Envir
ronment
students have to present their w
e work by using
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The o objectives of this research are to Engage
PowerPoint and
assess the e effectiveness of using robots a and ment : From
t
the fi step of
irst discuss the test
artificial intell
ligence as teaching materials and allso results with theirr
the process, ,I
to evaluate the students’ satisfa
e action after studyi
ing teacher and peer rs.
try to engage
o
in Plastics cou urse which is on of the Chemist
ne try At this point, the
e
my st tudents in
core courses. students should
learn
ning by
reach the
using robots
g
The research tools consist of the t conclusion abou ut
and artificial
a
the definition,
implementatio on of robots
s and artific
cial intellligence as
structure and
intelligence, th academic achie
he evement test and the
t teachhing
properties of plastics.
students’ satissfaction questionnnaire. The learniing mater rials.
Elabora ation : Students c combine the
can
Embedment o robots Tecnolo
of ogy : I
plan consists of six proced dures; engageme ent, fundamental knowledge about plastics with the
start teaching them abo robots technol
out logy. They
embedment o robot techno
of ology, exploratio on, previous lesson about robots d design and all the
can enjoy
e
explanation, ellaboration and evaluation. sample robots to
assemmbling a
simple robot and create their own
After the analysis and i interpretation of the
t robot for
also learn how it
l
collected data it turns out th the students are
a, hat a environmenta al
opera ates
protection. Th hey
extremely sat tisfied with the implementation of mech hanically.
also have to
ificial intelligence in Plastics course.
robots and arti e they have an
present their
oppo ortunity to
he
inspiration, th
devel their ICT
lop
concept, theirr
skills including
s
design ideas and
knowwledge about robo technology and artificial
ots d
intellligence, systemic thinking from the program
e how they app ply
scientific prin
nciples into their working process.
w
flowc chart, analytic ski robots and art
ills, tificial
Fro this activity,
om
intellligence design, rellevant scientific p
principles
insttead of just learninng
and how to assemble r
h robots and test its operation.
by mmemorizing facts,
they can learn by
y
Explloration :
appplying knowledge in
I encourage
clas about plastics to
ss o
them to explore
m
anaalyzing and solvin ng
more about
e
problems found in th he
plasti by
ics
process of creating
resea
arching.
robots.
Then together
n,
they can discuss
and choose an
c
approopriate test metho to find out more about
od e
plasti general proper
ics rties.

2. Evalu uation and conclu usion : underrstand that the more you learn, the more they
e
In the end, the students will be evaluated d will be prepared for the life in the 2 st century.
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in terms of wo orking skills, skills for conducting a
s an They will be equ
y uipped for work become
k,
experiment, pr resentation skills and also by a
a indep
pendent and beco ome a dutiful cit tizen of the
multiple-choic test for knowledge assessment. In
ce socie Then they’ll h
ety. have to engage wi specialist
ith
the end, I ask t students to evaluate whether
the from different subjects matter such as :
s The Deveelopment of Achievemen nt
using robots teechnology and art tificial intelligence
e of Level 4 students in Chemistry
n
is a better teac
ching practice. 1) Engaging special in robot and ar
list rtificial by Using Robot and Embedded
g d
ligent technology. They’ll have to s
intell . study Technolo
ogy.
addittional contents bey
yond typical knowwledge
Knowledge Building & Critical
e taugh in class by enga
ht aging computer te
eachers or
Thinking seeki parents help.
ing
The
students can 2) Engaging special in matter’s pro
list operties
wheth it will be plastic, metals, metall alloys,
her lic
design their
radio
oactive materials, and polymer.
robots
however 3) Engaging special in methodolog
list gical and
they like ntific measuremen such as separatin different
scien nt ng
without any matte by filtering, cr
ers rystalizing, electri
ic
limitations. conduuctivity, and pH b
balance.
They can 4) Engaging special in technology design.
list
put forward
any ideas as long as those id deas are on ration nal Moreover, oth teachers in the science
her
basis or emplo some of the sc
oy cientific knowledgge. deparrtment help me tremendously in planning,
n
desig
gning and adjustin the Chemistry curriculum.
ng
In order to build the robot for environmen ntal Also, the staff from Th Teachers TV also help in
, hai
protection, th hey should be ab to explain a
ble and publiicizing this teachi practice. I am certain that
ing
solve the prob blems by using scientific principles this project can beco
p ome an inspiratio for other
on
and some of the synthesized knowledge or a any Thai teachers to develo their teaching p
op practice.
other relevan experience. W
nt When each gro oup
presents their pproject, their peer should participa
rs ate Ach
hievements
in discussion, exchanging opini ions and evaluatio
on.
After compar ring the students’ score pre
and post studying this course by using d
p dependent t-
test, the correlation coefficient of 0 that is
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Collaborat
tion ngly statistically significant su
stron uggests the
Kan
nthararom Schoo ol, The High Schoo
ol at
Dr. DDetchai Duangsa ang, our princippal succe of this teachin practice. Moreover, from
ess ng
all of the 48 students in the class, it tu
f urns out that Kant
thararom, Si Sa Ke
et Province, Thailand
encourages sccience teachers to learn about robo
o ots
technology so that we can appl the knowledge to
ly they are extremely sa atisfied with this course and
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com
our teaching p
practice for scienc classes. By usi
ce ing the standard devia ation score for students’
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robots and artificial intellig gence as teachi ing faction is 0.59
satisf
materials, I believe that the students will w