The Experience of the Robot Programming Network Initiative

Table 2

Students’ questionnaire feedback for the Turtle Robot course. The answers are in a scale from one to five: “strongly agree,” “agree,” “neutral,” “disagree,” and “strongly disagree.”

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Learning compared with traditional methods

Did the Turtle Robot help you to visualize the theoretical concepts to be learned?

How would you rate the outcome of your learning using the Turtle Robot if compared with “traditional methods”?

Did the Turtle Robot enhance your ability to understand the theoretical concepts about programming in a new way?

Ease of use

Did you find easy the use of the Turtle Robot?

Did you think that the course was well structured and organized?

Were you able to use the Turtle Robot by following the instructions provided?

Quality of the virtual robot

In which grade will you score to the quality of the virtual robot and its simulation?

In which grade will you score to the quality of the remote connection?

Was the response time of the remote laboratory suitable?

Suitability in learning of relevant concepts

Did the Turtle Robot help you for understanding the concepts of structured programming (conditions, loops) of the lectures?

In which grade do you think that the Turtle Robot can be used for learning programming?

Satisfaction degree

In general, do you feel satisfied with the practical experiences through the Internet?

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