Effect of robot utterances using onomatopoeia on collaborative learning

摘要

We investigated the effect of robot's utterances using onomatopoeia on collaborative learning. The robot was designed to praise or comfort by using onomatopoeia when learners are given problem to solve through a learning system. When learners can correctly solve a problem, the robot praises the learner's success. When learners cannot solve it, the robot comforts the learners to keep working at it. Eight college students learns mathematics by using a learning system with a robot for three weeks and took exams. We found that a robot could comfort learners that used onomatopoeia more than a robot that did not use onomatopoeia. This suggests that the robot that praises or comforts by using onomatopoeia helps learners maintain their motivation in collaborative learning.