A teaching learning sequence for conceptual and procedural knowledge acquisition with a socially assistive robot: Instructional design principles and their effectiveness


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Published: Sep 25, 2023
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Socially Assistive Robots Instructional Design Principles
Panagiota Christodoulou
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5130-9938
Dimitrios Pnevmatikos
Abstract

Using Socially Assistive Robots (SARs) in teaching requires its transformation. This study has a twofold objective. On the one hand, to present the basic instructional design principles of a Teaching Learning Sequence (TLS) promoting procedural and declarative knowledge using SARs. On the other hand, to investigate the effectiveness of the instructional design principles. 104 students participated in a quasi-experimental design with pre- and post-intervention measurements. The results supported the effectiveness of the instructional design principles. The study suggests a new perspective of conceptualizing instruction under the prism of Design Science.

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  • 8. APPLICATIONS OF ICT IN THE TEACHING OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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