A Methodology and Tools for Creating Generative Scenario for STEM

In this chapter, we discuss the concept of generative scenario for STEM-driven CS education. This chapter introduces a framework and methodology that firstly identifies a generic scenario, and then, using it as a basis, we create a generative scenario for STEM. The generative scenario, in fact, is a tool to derive a concrete scenario on demand. As the generic scenario specification includes multiple aspects (socio-pedagogical, technological, content, etc.) and describes activities that support the entire cycle of educational processes, a variety of concrete scenarios is possible to derive from the generic specification. This process is time-consuming and error-prone, because it is dependent upon a variety of robot tasks. Therefore, the automation of the process, i.e. the creation of the generative scenario, is a relevant solution. To implement the generative scenario, we use heterogeneous meta-programming as generative technology. Structurally, the generative scenario is a system-level meta-program composed of a few meta-generators and generators. To our best knowledge, we have described the scenario specification based on using meta-programming techniques for the first time in the educational literature, though it requires additional efforts and a more thorough research work.