Effect Of Robot Utterances Using Onomatopoeia On Collaborative Learning

Jimenez, Felix; Kanoh, Masayoshi; Yoshikawa, Tomohiro; Furuhashi, Takeshi; Nakamura, Tsuyoshi

doi:10.1515/jaiscr-2015-0003

Abstract

We investigated the effect of robot’s utterances using onomatopoeia in collaborative learning. The robot was designed to provide encouragement using onomatopoeia when students are given problems to be solved issued by a learning system. Eight college students used a mathematics learning system with a robot for three weeks and then took exams. The results indicated that the robot using utterances with onomatopoeia could comfort learners more than the robot without onomatopoeia. It suggests that the robot that praises or comforts using onomatopoeia helps learners maintain their motivation in collaborative learning.

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Effect Of Robot Utterances Using Onomatopoeia On Collaborative Learning

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