<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>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.</p></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.

Effect Of Robot Utterances Using Onomatopoeia On Collaborative Learning

Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8603, Aichi, Japan

School of Engineering, Chukyo University 101-2 Yagoto Honmachi, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8666, Aichi, Japan

Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8555, Aichi, Japan

Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing Research

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We investigated the effect of robot’s utterances using onomatopoeia in collaborative learning. The robot was designed to provide encouragement using...

Effect Of Robot Utterances Using Onomatopoeia On Collaborative Learning

Published Online: Mar 01, 2015

Page range: 125 - 131

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jaiscr-2015-0003

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