Integration of Pedagogical Agent in Learning

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10.2991/978-94-6463-094-7_46How to use a DOI?

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Pedagogical agent; Mathematics anxiety

Abstract

Research found that the use of technology in teaching and learning is able to reduce mathematics anxiety by initiating students’ motivation to explore and enjoy mathematics instead of feeling worries over it. There is a better human-computer interaction for student engagement and motivation in learning when using technology and pedagogical agent. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of integrating the pedagogical agent in mathematics learning. An experimental research approach was employed with the involvement of undergraduates at a university in Malaysia. Undergraduates’ learning was via a system with the integration of a pedagogical agent who provided motivational type of messages in teaching Calculus. Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale was employed to measure students’ anxiety levels before and after the study. Before the study, students were grouped into high, medium and low mathematics anxiety levels. Prior to the study the sample consisted of a high number of medium math-anxious students. There was no significant difference in the mean score of anxiety level for high and low math-anxious students, respectively, but there was a significant difference in the mean score between pre- and post-tests for medium math-anxious students. This agreed with the sample of this study that majority of the students were medium math-anxious students. Thus, integrating the pedagogical agent in mathematics learning effectively decrease students’ mathematics anxiety level particularly in Calculus. A better human-computer interaction for student engagement and motivation in learning was gained when pedagogical agent was integrated in learning, hence effectively reduce students’ mathematics anxiety.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Choo-Kim Tan
AU  - Huai-Swan Khoo
AU  - Choo-Peng Tan
AU  - Wooi-Ping Cheah
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/27
TI  - Integration of Pedagogical Agent in Learning
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer, Information Technology and Intelligent Computing (CITIC 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 572
EP  - 578
SN  - 2589-4900
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-094-7_46
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-094-7_46
ID  - Tan2022
ER  -