COMPUTATIONAL THINKING ABILITY THROUGH ROBOTICS AND CONSTRUCTIVISM APPROACH SANALYSIS

Abstract

Computational Thinking (CT) is the ability needed to help solve problems. The ability to think computationally is needed to manage activities in various disciplines. Computational thinking skills requires the right learning approach. One possible approach to improving CT is the constructivism approach. Constructivist learning provides opportunities for students to explore the ability to create, understand and solve problems through direct experiments. Constructivism learning can be facilitated using media or learning tools. One of the media or tools that can be used in building computational thinking skills is robots. Some researchers have examined the relevance of using robots in learning at various levels of education including the level of basic education. Through the results of research by several experts, the use of robotics in learning has a positive impact on improving students' computational thinking skills through activities using robotics. However, there has been no exploration of learning approaches that are compatible with the use of robotics. Therefore we need a literature study that will be discussed in this article about the relationship between computational thinking skills and constructivism approaches, a study of the relationship between computational thinking skills and the use of robotics and about how to build critical thinking skills through constructivism and robotics approaches. This article uses the literature review method with the aim of reviewing how to build computational thinking skills through constructivism approaches and the use of robotics in learning at the level of elementary education. The review of this article indicates the existence of linkages and opportunities for constructivism approaches to improve computational thinking skills by facilitating the use of robotics