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Humanoid Robots as Teaching Assistants in an Arab School

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Mariam Alhashmi,

Fady S. AlnajjarAuthors Info & Claims

OzCHI '19: Proceedings of the 31st Australian Conference on Human-Computer-Interaction

Pages 462 - 466

https://doi.org/10.1145/3369457.3369517

Published: 10 January 2020 Publication History

Abstract

The proliferation of educational robots has led to an investigation of suitable roles that humanoids robots can take in the classroom. In the recent past, the focus has been on humanoids being used in student focused roles or as peer learners. Coupled with the seemingly absence of any case studies of educational robots in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) or the Arab world, we present a study where we employed the Nao robot as a teaching assistant in a local primary school in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The Nao robot was used to revise a topic in Mathematics and its efficacy in comparison to a human teaching assistant was measured through pre and post test scores, facial expressions and indirect verbal responses. Our results showed that while there no significant differences in test scores, the children were much more engaged when interacting with the Nao robot. We conclude with a positive outlook towards the implementation of humanoid robots in UAE classrooms.

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Humanoid Robots as Teaching Assistants in an Arab School
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. User centered design

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