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In this study, we aimed to develop a full-body gaming-style collaboration and learning support system for a proxy topic of plant germination and growth conditions while focusing on improving the learning experiences of hearing-impaired children. The system is based upon a quiz game activity in which participants learn about plant germination and growth conditions via collaboration and question-answering with their friends. Through the use of a collaborative gaming environment, hearing-impaired learners can repeatedly simulate experiments and observations on germination and growth to accelerate and enhance learning. The system is built with standard information and communications technologies and is evaluate the system to assess its effectiveness. The evaluation experiment revealed the system supported collaborative game play with enjoyment, empathy for others, and interaction for hearing-impaired children. We conclude that the system is useful in supporting hearing-impaired children in learning science through collaboration. Furthermore, we believe that system, which uses body movement and collaboration, might be applicable to other learning areas.
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This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP 17H02002 & JP18H03660.
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Egusa, R., Komiya, N., Kusunoki, F., Mizoguchi, H., Namatame, M., Inagaki, S. (2020). Development of a Learning-Support System for Science Using Collaboration and Body Movement for Hearing-Impaired Children: Learning Support for Plant Germination and Growth Conditions. In: Miesenberger, K., Manduchi, R., Covarrubias Rodriguez, M., Peňáz, P. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12377. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58805-2_19
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