Learning Symmetry with Tangible Robots
Type
Conférence scientifique
Date de publication
2019-04-11
Langue de la référence
Anglais
Unité(s) / centre(s) de recherche hors HEP
CHILI lab, EPFL, Switzerland
MOBOTS, BIOROB lab, EPFL, Switzerland
Résumé
Robotsbringanewpotentialforembodiedlearninginclassrooms. With our project, we aim to ease the task for teachers and to show the worth of tangible manipulation of robots in educational contexts. In this article, we present the design and the evaluation of two pedagogical activities prepared for a primary school teacher and targeting common misconceptions when learning reflective symmetry. The evaluation consisted of a comparison of remedial actions using haptic-enabled tangible robots with using regular geometrical tools in practical sessions. Sixteen 10 y.o. students participated in a between-subject experiment in a public school. We show that this training with the tangible robots helped the remediation of parallelism and perpen- dicularity related mistakes commonly made by students. Our findings also suggest that the haptic modality of interaction is well suited to promote children’s abstraction of geometrical concepts from spatial representations.
Nom de la manifestation
The 10th International Conference on Robotics in Education (RIE)
Date(s) de la manifestation
11 avril 2019
Ville de la manifestation
Vienna
Pays de la manifestation
Austria
Portée de la manifestation
internationale