Assessment of lower secondary school pupils’ work at educational robotics classes

Abstract

This paper presents our proposal for assessment of lower secondary pupils working with educational robotics LEGO WeDo, using the curriculum we have designed. The curriculum consisted of eleven activities with complex methodical materials that the teachers can incorporate into their ordinary classes. Teachers can use this curriculum within compulsory subject Informatics and therefore it was necessary to create a way to assess pupils’ work. We have created evaluation through rubrics, because working with robotic kits encompasses several aspects. The assessment focuses on three main aspects: (a) the construction of the robotic model, (b) program to control it and (c) the presentation of mentioned program. In this paper we also describe the concrete example of assessment of pupils’ work using our rubrics.