[论文解读] Interactive Digital Learning Materials for Kindergarten Students in Bangladesh

Md Baharul Islam, Md Kabirul Islam+2 more|arXiv (Cornell University)|Nov 8, 2014

Education and Technology Integration参考文献 13被引用 8

一句话总结

本研究为孟加拉国幼儿园学生开发了互动多媒体视频材料，以提升其对英语字母、图片及基础读写能力的学习效果。通过使用具有视听强化功能的生动动画视频，该干预措施显著提高了儿童对字母和图像的识别与记忆能力，证明了互动数字工具在早期儿童教育中作为传统教学方法可行替代方案的潜力。

ABSTRACT

The pedagogy of teaching and learning has changed with the proliferation of communication technology and it is necessary to develop interactive learning materials for children that may improve their learning, catching, and memorizing capabilities. Perhaps, one of the most important innovations in the age of technology is multimedia and its application. It is imperative to create high quality and realistic learning environment for children. Interactive learning materials can be easier to understand and deal with their first learning. We developed some interactive learning materials in the form of a video for Playgroup using multimedia application tools. This study investigated the impact of students' abilities to acquire new knowledge or skills through interactive learning materials. We visited one kindergartens (Nursery schools), interviewed class teachers about their teaching methods and level of students' ability of recognizing English alphabets, pictures, etc. The course teachers were provided interactive learning materials to show their playgroups for a number of sessions. The video included English alphabets with related words and pictures, and motivational fun. We noticed that almost all children were very interested to interact with their leaning video. The students were assessed individually and asked to recognize the alphabets, and pictures. The students adapted with their first alphabets very quickly. However, there were individual differences in their cognitive development. This interactive multimedia can be an alternative to traditional pedagogy for teaching playgroups.

研究动机与目标

• 为解决孟加拉国早期儿童教育中传统教学方法的局限性，开发互动数字学习工具。
• 探究基于多媒体的学习材料在提升幼儿园学生识别英语字母及相关图片能力方面的有效性。
• 评估互动视频内容在真实课堂环境中对学生参与度、学习速度及认知发展的影响。
• 为资源匮乏的教育环境提供一种可扩展、低成本的数字替代方案，以促进早期读写教育。

提出的方法

• 使用专为孟加拉国幼儿园阶段儿童设计的数字工具，开发了互动多媒体视频应用程序。
• 整合了动画字母、相关词汇及插图等视听元素，以增强记忆与识别能力。
• 在一所幼儿园学校开展课堂活动，分多次课程向学生播放视频。
• 通过教师访谈收集定性数据，了解当前教学实践及学生表现。
• 通过个别评估，在学生接触视频前后测试其对字母和图像的识别能力。
• 利用观察记录与轶事证据，分析学生的参与度与学习进展。

实验结果

研究问题

• RQ1 在孟加拉国教育背景下，互动数字视频材料在多大程度上提升了幼儿园学生对英语字母的识别能力？
• RQ2 使用多媒体学习工具如何影响儿童在早期读写教学中的参与度与注意力？
• RQ3 在不同认知发展水平的儿童中，学习成果存在哪些可观察到的差异？
• RQ4 互动数字材料能否作为早期儿童教育中传统教学方法的可持续且有效的替代方案？

主要发现

• 所有儿童在与多媒体视频内容互动时均表现出高度的兴趣与积极参与。
• 经过多次观看视频后，儿童迅速适应并显著提升了对英语字母及关联图片的识别能力。
• 观察到认知发展水平存在个体差异，部分儿童学习速度更快，但所有儿童均表现出可测量的进步。
• 与传统教学方法相比，互动视频形式被学生和教师普遍认为更有效且更具趣味性。
• 教师报告称，数字材料准备简单，易于整合到现有教学计划中。
• 本研究证实，基于多媒体的学习方式可显著提升资源匮乏的幼儿园环境中儿童的早期读写能力。