Abstract

Educational Robotics (ER) is gaining increasing importance in educational research, particularly regarding the promotion of ICT competencies, problem-solving and creative thinking, interest, motivation, and students’ self-efficacy expectations. Extended education in all-day primary schools offers a promising opportunity to implement innovative learning programs in a more flexible setting. Yet, evidence-based offerings that build digital-era competence in primary education remain limited, particularly in extended education. Educational robotics (ER) offers strong potential, but its effectiveness in these flexible settings remains insufficiently understood. This project addresses this gap by developing, implementing, and evaluating an ER intervention for primary school children. The intervention will be implemented as a FlexModule offered to primary school children in all-day primary schools participating in the school trial FlexGanztag in Berlin, initiated by the Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Jugend und Familie.

The intervention study aims (1) to develop a manual-based intervention concept, (2) to be implemented as a FlexModule in FlexGanztag primary schools, and (3) to evaluate its effectiveness using a mixed-methods design that incorporates a quasi-experimental intervention to examine ICT, cognitive, socio-emotional/motivational, and creativity-related outcomes. Findings will provide practical guidance for implementing research-based ER offerings in the extended education setting.