Towards a Tutoring System to Support Robotics Activities in Classrooms – Two Wizard-of-Oz Studies

This paper develops a method for the construction and evaluation of cognitive models to support students in their problem-solving skills during robotics in school, aiming to build a basis for an implementation of a tutoring system in the future. Two Wizard-of-Oz studies were conducted, one in the cl...

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Published inInternational journal of artificial intelligence in education Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 688 - 719
Main Authors Schulz, Sandra, McLaren, Bruce M., Pinkwart, Niels
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer New York 01.09.2023
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Artificial Intelligence
Classrooms
Cognitive models
Cognitive Processes
Computer Science
Computers and Education
Construction
Core curriculum
Educational Environment
Educational Technology
Feedback
Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Learning
Learning Theories
Literature reviews
Physics
Problem Solving
Program Evaluation
Qualitative analysis
Qualitative research
Robotics
Robots
Schools
Science education
Sensors
Skills
Software
Student Reaction
Students
Taxonomy
Teaching Methods
Technology Uses in Education
Textiles
Tutoring
User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction
Wizard-of-Oz study
Computer science education
Scaffolding
Robotics
Collaborative problem-solving
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Summary:This paper develops a method for the construction and evaluation of cognitive models to support students in their problem-solving skills during robotics in school, aiming to build a basis for an implementation of a tutoring system in the future. Two Wizard-of-Oz studies were conducted, one in the classroom and one in the lab. Based on the cognitive model, the human wizards gave support to 20 students working in pairs. The studies were video recorded and a qualitative analysis was conducted. This qualitative research approach is described in detail. The evaluation of the studies showed that students reacted mostly positively to the wizards. We also uncovered ways in which students’ problem-solving skills could be improved. Based on the evaluation and observations of the Wizard-of-Oz studies, the paper proposes a design for a future robotics skills tutoring system.
ISSN:1560-4292
1560-4306
DOI:10.1007/s40593-022-00305-2