APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Intelligent Media Characters for Teaching Young Children Mathematics
- Sandra Calvert
Georgetown University - Marisa Putnam
Georgetown University - Naomi Aguiar
Georgetown University - Charlotte Wright
Georgetown University - Angella Liu
Georgetown University - Marie Frolich
Georgetown University - Evan Barba
Georgetown University
Abstract
Young children played a digital game that taught a math rule. Either an embodied popular media character or a disembodied voiceover, both of whom responded contingently to children’s performance, presented problems. Results indicated that stronger emotional relationships with the character and contingent replies to problems lead to better mathematical performance.
Media/Technology