Abstract—To attempt to overcome the gap of performance in
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics performance
inUS, the Boosting Engineering Science Technology Robotics
Inc. designed the BEST Robotics Competition events to
promote engineering writing skills, critical thinking skills, and
teamwork to promote robotics design and marketing
competencies. This BEST Robotics practice has becoming a
trend to be included in the curriculum of middle and high
schools.
Index Terms—Curriculum design, robots, STEM.
Li-Jen Shannon is with the Computer Science Department, Sam Houston
State University, USA (e-mail: lys001@shsu.edu).
Cite: Li-Jen Shannon, "BEST Robotics Practices," International Journal of Information and Education Technology vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 179-183, 2015.