Studies and research about impact of FLL

Introduction

Some papers about the impact of FLL, FIRST LEGO League.

Papers

‘More than Robots’: Reviewing the Impact of the FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge Robotics Competition on School Students’ STEM Attitudes, Learning, and Twenty-First Century Skill Development, Michael Graffin, Rachel Sheffield & Rekha Koul

• A semi-systematic historical review of the research literature focused on the impact on school students’ STEM attitudes, learning, and twenty-first century skill development (26 publications between 2004 and 2022)
  1. impacts on students’ motivation, STEM learning, and attitudes (specially on females,minority groups and special needs),
  2. development of twenty-first century skills, and
  3. coaching/pedagogical strategies to support student learning and skill development.
• The impact is positive for all student groups, especially female participants, but not always statistically significant.
• Long-term impact findings were inconclusive

How Does Participation in FIRST LEGO League Robotics Competition Impact Children’s Problem-Solving Process, Xiyan Chen

Learning with FIRST LEGO League, Chalmers Chris, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

FIRST® Longitudinal Study: 2022 Survey Results (108-Month Follow-Up)

References

• ‘More than Robots’: Reviewing the Impact of the FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge Robotics Competition on School Students’ STEM Attitudes, Learning, and Twenty-First Century Skill Development
  • Michael Graffin, Rachel Sheffield & Rekha Koul, 2022
  • https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41979-022-00078-2
• How Does Participation in FIRST LEGO League Robotics Competition Impact Children’s Problem-Solving Process?
  • Robotics in Education (RiE 2018) Conference paper
  • Xiyan Chen
  • https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-97085-1_16
• Learning with FIRST LEGO League
  • Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, Mar 25, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ISBN 978-1-939797-02-5 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA
  • Chalmers Chris, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
  • https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/48946/
• FIRST® Longitudinal Study: 2022 Survey Results (108-Month Follow-Up)
  • https://www.firstinspires.org/sites/default/files/uploads/resource_library/impact/first-longitudinal-study-impact-summary-findings-at-108-months.pdf
• Participants’ Perceptions About Their Learning with FIRST LEGO® League Competition – a Gender Study
  • Despoina Schina, Mireia Usart & Vanessa Esteve-Gonzalez, 2019
  • Robotics in Education (RiE 2019), Conference paper
  • https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-26945-6_28