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Analysing the attitude of students towards robots when lectured on programming by robotic or human teachers

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Miguel Á. Conde,

Camino Fernández,

Francisco J. Rodríguez-Lera,

Francisco J. Rodríguez-Sedano,

Vicente Matellán,

Francisco J. García-PeñalvoAuthors Info & Claims

TEEM '16: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality

Pages 59 - 65

https://doi.org/10.1145/3012430.3012497

Published: 02 November 2016 Publication History

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The study presented in this paper explored the acceptance of robots as teachers for a group of K-12 students. These students attended a programming session designed to applied computational principles in different fields. We have analyzed how this acceptance varies with age, and also if their opinion changes if they were exposed to a real robot teacher or not. To this end, participants (N=210) were divided in two groups, one was lectured by a teacher and the other one by a Baxter robot. We used the Negative Attitudes towards Robots Scale and the Robot Anxiety Scale questionnaires to evaluate students' perception. Statistical analysis of the answers to these questionnaires is discussed in the paper, both taking into account the whole groups and another considering three subgroups based on age. Main conclusion of the study is that the use of the robot is relevant in the perception of the students about robots, but also that age is significant in the perception of robots as potential teachers.

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DOI:10.1145/3012430

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