Interactive environments for training children’s curiosity through the practice of metacognitive skills : a pilot study
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Communication dans un congrès
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IDC '23: Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference, IDC 2023 - The 22nd annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference, 2023-06-19, Chicago IL. 2023-06-19p. 495-501
ACM
English Abstract
Curiosity-driven learning has shown significant positive effects on students' learning experiences and outcomes. But despite this importance, reports show that children lack this skill, especially in formal educational ...Read more >
Curiosity-driven learning has shown significant positive effects on students' learning experiences and outcomes. But despite this importance, reports show that children lack this skill, especially in formal educational settings. To address this challenge, we propose an 8-session workshop that aims to enhance children's curiosity through training a set of specific metacognitive skills we hypothesize are involved in its process. Our workshop contains animated videos presenting declarative knowledge about curiosity and the said metacognitive skills as well as practice sessions to apply these skills during a reading-comprehension task, using a web platform designed for this study (e.g. expressing uncertainty, formulating questions, etc). We conduct a pilot study with 15 primary school students, aged between 8 and 10. Our first results show a positive impact on children's metacognitive efficiency and their ability to express their curiosity through question-asking behaviors.Read less <
English Keywords
Educational technologies
epistemic curiosity
metacognition
ANR Project
DeepCuriosity: Exploration dirigée par la curiosité et apprentissage développemental en IA, et applications pour les agents autonomes, la découverte automatique et les technologies de l'éducation. - ANR-19-CHIA-0004