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More Than Robots:
By: Richard Wallace
New: 04-19-2006 10:42 AM
Updated: 04-19-2006 10:42 AM
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An evaluation of the FIRST Robotics Competition participant and institutional impacts
In 2002, FIRST contracted with Brandeis University to conduct an evaluation of the FIRST Robotics Competition. The goal of the evaluation was to begin to address three basic questions:
§ What is the impact of the FIRST Robotics Competition on program participants in terms of academic and career trajectories?
§ What can we learn about the implementation of FIRST in schools, both in terms of better understanding program impact and identifying “best practices”?
§ What kinds of impact has participation in FIRST had on participating schools and partnering organizations?
An additional goal of the study was to focus the evaluation on schools in urban communities and/or serving high proportions of low income and minority students. One of the goals of FIRST has been to expand the involvement of low income and minority youth in FRC, and the evaluation was seen as an opportunity to explore the impacts of the program on those groups in particular.
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