Establishment of Monitoring Method for Learning Activities by Measuring Biometric Information toward Supporting Adaptive Learning

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K18670
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Medium-sized Section 9:Education and related fields
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: MORITA Yusuke 早稲田大学, 人間科学学術院, 准教授 (20314891)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 長野 祐一郎 文京学院大学, 人間学部, 准教授 (00325870) ; 長濱 澄 早稲田大学, 人間科学学術院, 助教 (50779270)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-06-29 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 生体情報 / モニタリング / アクティブラーニング

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this project, we conducted an experimental verification of biometric measurement monitoring in face-to-face classes and distance classes. The results showed that the "concentration" and "tension" of the students cannot be determined by the teachers and TAs in classroom, but it is possible to monitor the awareness level of each learner in the group activity using by the skin electrical resistance. Also, the results showed that it is possible to monitor the arousal level of each distance learner in discussion and presentation sessions by using the skin electrical resistance. From the analysis results including the subjective evaluation, it became clear that the tension is higher in the active class than in the passive class.

Free Research Field

教育工学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本課題では，文部科学省が提唱する適応的学習を実現するため，皮膚電気抵抗を用いて学習者の心的な覚醒度を測定し，アクティブラーニングにおけるひとつの評価指標としての利用可能性を検討した．教室における対面でのアクティブラーニングは，議論における挙手や発言などの観察可能な学習活動のみで評価されることが多い．しかしながら，発言回数が少ない学習者も，議論中には様々な思考活動を行っている．遠隔学習環境で個別に学習をする学習者は，観察することが難しい．生体情報をモニタリングすることによって，より適切な学習支援が可能になる．