| Title | Embodied multisensory training for learning in primary school children |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2021 |
| Authors | Gori, Monica, Volpe, Gualtiero, Cappagli, Giulia, Volta, Erica, Cuturi, Luigi F. |
| Conference Name | 2021 IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL) |
| Date Published | aug |
| Keywords | angle, Children, Cognition, Conferences, Embodied, fractions, human computer interaction, human factors, learning, multisensory, pubcrawl, Reinforced Learning from Human Feedback, resilience, Resiliency, Robot sensing systems, Scalability, Training, visualization |
| Abstract | Recent scientific results show that audio feedback associated with body movements can be fundamental during the development to learn new spatial concepts [1], [2]. Within the weDraw project [3], [4], we have investigated how this link can be useful to learn mathematical concepts. Here we present a study investigating how mathematical skills changes after multisensory training based on human-computer interaction (RobotAngle and BodyFraction activities). We show that embodied angle and fractions exploration associated with audio and visual feedback can be used in typical children to improve cognition of spatial mathematical concepts. We finally present the exploitation of our results: an online, optimized version of one of the tested activity to be used at school. The training result suggests that audio and visual feedback associated with body movements is informative for spatial learning and reinforces the idea that spatial representation development is based on sensory-motor interactions. |
| DOI | 10.1109/ICDL49984.2021.9515596 |
| Citation Key | gori_embodied_2021 |
Embodied multisensory training for learning in primary school children