2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
User models and usability for blended learning in special needs education
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22531050
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Special needs education
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
KUMAI Masayuki 東北大学, 大学院・教育情報学研究部, 教授 (60344644)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
WATABE Shinichi 東北大学, 大学院・教育情報学研究部, 教 授 (50210969)
NAKAJIMA Taira 東北大学, 大学院・教育情報学研究部, 准 教授 (30312614)
UCHIDA Ai 富士常葉大学, 保育学部, 助教 (60509230)
MATSUURA Jun 青森中央短期大学, 幼児保育学科, 講師 (50612462)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 特別支援教育 / ブレンディドラーニング / 利用者モデル / ユーザビリティ |
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| Research Abstract |
We conducted interviews, behavior observations of normally developing students and students with disabilities to investigate the need for blended learning (BL). We alsomeasured their finger plethysmograms and mental workloads while doing two tasks, using a BL system as well as performing other intellectual tasks. We then compared plethysmograms and workloads of normally developing students and students with disabilities. The largest Lyapunov exponent (LLE), the ratio of powers of low and high frequency (LF/HF), and the workload score were obtained. The results suggest that the LLE, the LF/HF ratio, and the workload score decreased when using a BL system compared with doing other intellectual tasks. The results also suggest that the LLE, the LF/HFratio, and the workload score of students with disabilities in both tasks were similar to those of normally developing students. Furthermore, three types of user models were given learning support using the BL system.
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