Flat vs. Expressive Storytelling: Young Children's Learning and Retention of a Social Robot's Narrative

Flat vs. Expressive Storytelling: Young Children's Learning and Retention of a Social Robot's Narrative

Prior research with preschool children has established that dialogic or active book reading is an effective method for expanding young children's vocabulary. In this exploratory study, we asked whether similar benefits are observed when a robot engages in dialogic reading with preschoolers. Giv...

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Main Authors: Ronfard, Samuel (Author), Harris, Paul L. (Author), DeSteno, David (Author), Kory Westlund, Jacqueline Marie (Contributor), Jeong, Sooyeon (Contributor), Park, Hae Won (Contributor), Adhikari, Aradhana (Contributor), Breazeal, Cynthia Lynn (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory (Contributor), Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (Contributor), Breazeal, Cynthia L. (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Research Foundation, 2018-03-23T23:03:05Z.
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