A Study on Development of CAI Program to Facilitate Understanding of Question Sentences in Arithmetic Problems for Children Whose First Languages are not Japanese.

开发 CAI 程序以促进母语不是日语的儿童理解算术问题中的问句的研究。

• 批准号: 13680354
• 负责人: MURAKAMI Kyoko
• 金额: $ 1.02万
• 依托单位: Nagoya University
• 依托单位国家: 日本
• 项目类别: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 日本
• 起止时间: 2001 至 2002
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-13680354/
• 关键词: Brazilian children; CAI materials; question sentences of elementary; school arithmetic problems; PoUuguese version; Iapaaese version; コンピュータ教材; ブラジル人児童・生徒; CAI開発

Many prefectures and cities assign special instructors to elementary school pupils who do not speak Japanese as the native language. Few instructors, however, are able to communicate with the children in their own languages.This research project studies how children who are not native speakers of Japanese understand question sentences of elementary school arithmetic problems. We have tested the subjects' comprehension by presenting question sentences in print and in recording using a computer program which we have developed. We have found that many Brazilian children who have been in Japan for a considerable length of time still have trouble understanding question sentences in arithmetic. To find out whether their difficulty lies in the ability to carry out simple calculations, or in understanding Japanese sentences or in handling abstract concepts, we used a computer program which presents problems both in Japanese and in Portuguese, and both in print and in recording. The subjects we … More re asked to choose the correct answer for each question from a set of pictures or equations that match the situation described.The test has been given to non-Brazilian and native Japanese volunteers as well as to Brazilian subjects. We have found that non-native subjects vary more in response time and accuracy than native Japanese subjects. It was also found that they do not necessarily score higher in their native language. At this stage, we consider it necessary to collate more data before we can draw a conclusion. The collection of the testing data has been slow in coming, mainly because the program we have developed needs to be installed on each computer that is to be used. This is due to the fact that not many elementary schools have sufficient Internet facility for a network-based testing environment. The program, however, has proved to be popular among the subjects, and the subjects can be expected to retain attention focus longer and to have stronger motivations in solving the questions than on a traditional paper-and-pencil test. In a further research, we plan to expand the database of the problem sets and to modify the program so that it can be used in languages other than Japanese and Portuguese. Less

许多都道府县和城市为母语不是日语的小学生指派特别教师。然而，能够用母语与孩子们交流的教师却很少。本研究旨在探讨非日语母语的孩子们如何理解小学算术题的疑问句。我们测试了受试者的理解，提出问题的句子在打印和记录使用计算机程序，我们已经开发。我们发现，许多在日本生活了相当长时间的巴西儿童仍然难以理解算术中的疑问句。为了弄清楚他们的困难是否在于进行简单计算的能力，或理解日语句子或处理抽象概念的能力，我们使用了一个计算机程序，该程序用日语和葡萄牙语提出了问题，并在打印和记录中提出了问题。主题我们 ...更多信息 We’我们被要求从一组图片或方程式中选择正确的答案来回答每一个问题，这些图片或方程式与所描述的情况相匹配。我们已经发现，非母语的主题在反应时间和准确性比母语日本人的主题。研究还发现，他们在母语方面的得分不一定更高。在现阶段，我们认为有需要搜集更多数据，才可作出结论。测试数据的收集工作进展缓慢，主要是因为我们开发的程序需要安装在每台将要使用的计算机上。这是因为没有多少小学有足够的互联网设施，以网络为基础的测试环境。然而，该计划已被证明是受欢迎的科目，可以预期的主题，以保持更长的注意力集中，并有更强的动机，在解决问题比传统的纸笔测试。在进一步的研究中，我们计划扩大问题集的数据库，并修改程序，使其可以用于日语和葡萄牙语以外的语言。少