Eind januari 2017 vond de 35e Panama-conferentie plaats. Die richtte zich op verschillende aspecten van ‘goed’ en ‘fout’ in het reken-wiskundeonderwijs. Aanleiding voor dit thema was onder andere de publicatie van het TIMSS onderzoek, waaruit bleek dat er in Nederland de afgelopen 20 jaar sprake is van een significante geringe daling in het onderwijsniveau voor rekenen-wiskunde.
To benefit from the social capabilities of a robot math tutor, instead of being distracted by them, a novel approach is needed where the math task and the robot's social behaviors are better intertwined. We present concrete design specifications of how children can practice math via a personal conversation with a social robot and how the robot can scaffold instructions. We evaluated the designs with a three-session experimental user study (n = 130, 8-11 y.o.). Participants got better at math over time when the robot scaffolded instructions. Furthermore, the robot felt more as a friend when it personalized the conversation.
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To benefit from the social capabilities of a robot math tutor, instead of being distracted by them, a novel approach is needed where the math task and the robot's social behaviors are better intertwined. We present concrete design specifications of how children can practice math via a personal conversation with a social robot and how the robot can scaffold instructions. We evaluated the designs with a three-session experimental user study (n = 130, 8-11 y.o.). Participants got better at math over time when the robot scaffolded instructions. Furthermore, the robot felt more as a friend when it personalized the conversation.
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