Effects of the PEARL “Emotional,Empathetic and Proximal Learning Educational Environment” on the Social-Emotional Development of Children Aged 5–6 Years
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Effects of the PEARL “Emotional,Empathetic and Proximal Learning Educational Environment” on the Social-Emotional Development of Children Aged 5–6 Years
The PEARL “emotional, empathetic and proximal learning educational environment” is an Erasmus + KA201 Strategic Partnership project. This study examines the effects of PEARL Educational Model which is an educational model is to develop children's social-emotional competencies by using robotic coding on social and emotional development of children aged. The research was conducted with a random quasi-experimental research model with a posttest Control group. Robots were integrated into the activities for the Experimental group and the robot-free version of the same activities was used in Control groups. The PEARL Child Observation Form is used to collect the data. The average of children's scores in Experimental group was determined as higher than the average of Control group's scores.
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