Language: English

Published: Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 2022

Language: English

Published: New York: Putnam's sons, 1969

Abstract/Notes: Italians children-students live a strong technological gap among different education instances: on the one hand, they are attending schools technologically still to the '80 years, on the other hand, they can rely on hyper-technological domestic-family environments where videogames, smartphones, internet are always available. In the school, all learnings take place under the supervision of the teacher that stimulates, directs and corrects these important steps in the basic training. On the contrary, in the domestic environment the presence of technology is increasingly pervasive. These new technologies cognitively stimulate the children, but they entertain the little ones often alone and without the participation and supervision of an adult audience. Thus, the technology gap results in a pedagogical clash among different educational instances and this is the “space” addressed by our research initiative whose objective is the construction of innovative teaching and learning environments for children between 3 and 6 years of age. The specific quantitative outcomes can be defined with respect to three main families of indicators: measures to detect the use of learning environments; indicators of the level of satisfaction and involvement of the various involved actors; real impact on the socio-cognitive development of children produced by the introduction of methodologies and technologies.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.09.056

ISSN: 0747-5632

Abstract/Notes: This paper concentrates on the Montessori philosophy and examines how this learning theory currently gives credence to cognitive processes of the mind, as suitable intervention used to the training of children with learning disabilities. Furthermore, Montessori’s system and materials in combination with the support of new technologies as well as their implementation on various kinds of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have great successes regarding the support of disability and the enhancement of learning process.

Language: English

DOI: 10.3991/ijes.v5i3.7384

ISSN: 2197-8581

Abstract/Notes: In three studies, we examined children's geography learning from a physical puzzle and an app designed to mimic the puzzle. In Study 1, 5- and 6-year-olds were taught Australia's states by an experimenter using a puzzle or were taught by an app. Children learned significantly more states from instruction with the puzzle than when they used the app independently. When children were allowed to bring home the puzzle or app for 1 week in Study 2, total learning between conditions was comparable. Length and frequency of use were related to learning only for puzzle users. In Study 3, children were taught the geography lesson by an experimenter using the app. Children's learning from this social app condition was equal to the social puzzle condition but higher than the solo app condition of the earlier studies, suggesting that learning from digital devices is most successful when supplemented with in-person social interaction.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1111/mbe.12224

ISSN: 1751-228X

Abstract/Notes: Robot-assisted language learning (RALL) is an emerging field of human-robot interaction to support language acquisition and literacy development with a social robot in multi-modal ways. As learning is an inherently social activity, the effectiveness of dyadic and triadic types of social interaction in RALL and child-robot interaction (CRI) needs to be investigated. In early literacy education, the Montessori method is a remarkable child-centered and collaborative learning approach. Bridging these two spaces, our work attempts to examine if the nature of social interaction, dyadic and triadic, affects children’s outcomes in an environment that adheres to the Montessori principles. To this end, we conducted a between-subject design experiment with 33 Kazakh children aged 6–8 to compare the effectiveness of learning Kazakh Latin in the dyadic and triadic conditions in a Moveable Alphabet learning scenario with a social robot. The analyses revealed mixed results for dyadic and triadic conditions in terms of cognitive gains, while emotional engagement was better in the triadic condition. We discuss these results in the perspective of key insights from the current study and implications for future research.

Language: English

Published: Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2022

Pages: 204-213

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-24670-8_19

ISBN: 978-3-031-24670-8

Language: English

Published: Chennai, India: Clever Fox Publishing, 2023

Language: English

Published: Tübingen, Germany: Narr Francke Attempto, 2023

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 978-3-8233-8460-1 3-8233-8460-0

Series: AAA - Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik

Abstract/Notes: The Montessori method is well-known for its child-centered and hands-on learning approach for early literacy development. This study is the first to apply the Montessori method in robot-assisted language learning (RALL). We developed an alphabet learning system that consists of a Moveable alphabet, a tablet, and a social robot. We conducted a between-subjects experiment with 89 Kazakh children aged 6–11 that learned the Kazakh Latin alphabet either with a Montessori-human (MH) or a Montessori-robot (MR) teacher. We examined the effects of the learning method on children’s learning gains and emotional outcomes across these two conditions. Our results suggest that in the Montessori learning environment the MH teacher was significantly more effective in providing early literacy support than the MR teacher. The emotional states were mixed between grades, but the children in the MR condition felt happier than those in the MH condition in Grades 1 (ages 6–7) and 4 (ages 10–11). This exploratory study suggests testing the method’s effectiveness in long-term child-robot interactions, with varied learning tasks over time.

Language: English

Published: Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2022

Pages: 114-123

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-24670-8_11

ISBN: 978-3-031-24670-8

Language: English

ISSN: 0519-0959