Having an Einstein in Class. Teaching Maths with Robots is Different for Boys and Girls∗

Ivy S. Huang; Johan F. Hoorn

doi:10.1109/WCICA.2018.8630584

Having an Einstein in Class. Teaching Maths with Robots is Different for Boys and Girls∗

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Abstract

We conducted an experiment with Chinese schoolchildren being taught symbolic reasoning and solving equations of the form 2y + 3 = 7, using a Hanson Einstein robot together with video instruction. The children were unfamiliar to solving equations like these (baseline 0) and after robot tutoring, they were tested for learning outcomes, while they rated their appreciation of the robot. We found a crossover interaction effect of boys learning more from video and girls more from the robot. The effect was catalytic in that only the combination of factors worked (no main effects). Results are discussed in view of gender-specific technology application.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2018 13th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, WCICA 2018
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	424-427
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538673454
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WCICA.2018.8630584
Publication status	Published - 30 Jan 2019
Event	13th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, WCICA 2018 - Changsa, China Duration: 4 Jul 2018 → 8 Jul 2018

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA)
Volume	2018-July

Conference

Conference	13th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, WCICA 2018
Country/Territory	China
City	Changsa
Period	4/07/18 → 8/07/18

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Control and Systems Engineering
Software
Computer Science Applications

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Huang, I. S., & Hoorn, J. F. (2019). Having an Einstein in Class. Teaching Maths with Robots is Different for Boys and Girls∗. In Proceedings of the 2018 13th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, WCICA 2018 (pp. 424-427). Article 8630584 (Proceedings of the World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA); Vol. 2018-July). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/WCICA.2018.8630584

Huang, Ivy S. ; Hoorn, Johan F. / Having an Einstein in Class. Teaching Maths with Robots is Different for Boys and Girls∗. Proceedings of the 2018 13th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, WCICA 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. pp. 424-427 (Proceedings of the World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA)).

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Having an Einstein in Class. Teaching Maths with Robots is Different for Boys and Girls∗. / Huang, Ivy S.; Hoorn, Johan F.
Proceedings of the 2018 13th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, WCICA 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. p. 424-427 8630584 (Proceedings of the World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA); Vol. 2018-July).

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