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Supporting Early-Childhood Teachers With Integrating A Humanoid Robot To Enhance Learning, Kristen Gregory, Helen Crompton, Diane Burke Jan 2018

Supporting Early-Childhood Teachers With Integrating A Humanoid Robot To Enhance Learning, Kristen Gregory, Helen Crompton, Diane Burke

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Anthropomorphic robots are increasingly being used as a technology in early childhood settings, and they have been found to enhance social interaction (Tanaka, Cicourel & Movellan, 2007), support foreign language development (Mazzoni & Benvenuti, 2015), and gain student attention and interest (Ioannou, Andreou & Christofi, 2015). Furthermore, integrating a humanoid robot can provide affordances across all domains of the Head Start Learning Outcomes Framework: approaches to learning; social and emotional development; language and communication; cognition; and perceptual, motor and physical development.


Humanoid Robots Supporting Children’S Intellectual And Social Dispositions In An Early Childhood Setting, Helen Crompton, Diane Burke, Kristine Sunday, Peter Baker, Kristin Gregory, John Asija Jan 2016

Humanoid Robots Supporting Children’S Intellectual And Social Dispositions In An Early Childhood Setting, Helen Crompton, Diane Burke, Kristine Sunday, Peter Baker, Kristin Gregory, John Asija

Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications

This study explores the affordances provided by the use of the NAO robot in an early childhood classroom. Using the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework as a guide, the researchers analyzed the interactions and relationships between teachers, students, and learning, and the unique curricular opportunities and outcomes provided by the NAO robot.