Title
Deploying social robots as teaching aid in pre-school K2 classes: A proof-of-concept study.
Abstract
This paper describes the outcome of a pilot study of deploying humanoid social robots as a teaching aid in preschool classroom. Sixteen K2 students each from two pre-schools were recruited to test commercially available robots, Pepper and Nao. The robots were assigned to different schools and were programmed to deliver 6 lessons over a span of 3 months. To assess the deployment and the performance of the children, we used Likert-scale based survey to record our observations. One of the survey forms used was TEPI, which measures the performance of the childrenu0027s behavior based on three major criteria. The TEPI data gathered suggests that during the lessons children display desirable behavior such as critical thinking, imagination and creativity, and social interaction and independence. We also observed classroom atmosphere, classroom management, and class behavior during the lessons. Data from the survey highlights the potential benefits and the challenges of deploying robots as a teaching aid in a real classroom setting.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1109/ICRA.2017.7989490
ICRA
Field
DocType
Volume
Social relation,Social robot,Software deployment,Computer science,Control engineering,Critical thinking,Proof of concept,Mathematics education,Creativity,Robot,Multimedia,Classroom management
Conference
2017
Issue
Citations 
PageRank 
1
0
0.34
References 
Authors
3
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Albert J. Causo1383.60
Phyo Zin Win200.34
Peng Sheng Guo300.34
I-Ming Chen456787.28