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。

基本信息

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

项目摘要

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

许多理想和城市为不说日语作为母语的小学学生分配特殊讲师。但是，很少有教师能够用自己的语言与孩子们交流。该研究项目研究了不是日本母语的儿童如何理解小学算术问题的问题句子。我们通过在印刷中提出问题句子并使用我们开发的计算机程序进行录制来测试受试者的理解。我们发现，许多在日本考虑长时间的巴西儿童仍然很难理解算术中的问题句子。为了找出它们的困难是否在于执行简单计算的能力，或者在理解日本句子或处理抽象概念时，我们使用了一个计算机程序，该程序在日语和葡萄牙语中都提出了问题，以及在印刷和录制中都提出了问题。我们……更多的重新要求从与所描述情况相匹配的一组图片或方程式中为每个问题选择正确的答案。该测试已向非巴西和日本本地志愿者以及巴西受试者进行了测试。我们发现，与日本本地受试者相比，非本地受试者在响应时间和准确性上的差异更大。还发现他们不一定在母语上得分更高。在此阶段，我们认为有必要在得出结论之前对更多数据进行整理。测试数据的收集速度很慢，主要是因为我们开发的程序需要在要使用的每个计算机上安装。这是由于以下事实：没有多少小学为基于网络的测试环境提供足够的互联网设施。但是，该计划已被证明在主题中很受欢迎，并且可以预期，与传统的纸笔测试相比，这些主题可以保持更长的关注点，并具有更强大的动机来解决问题。在进一步的研究中，我们计划扩展问题集的数据库并修改程序，以便可以用日语和葡萄牙语以外的语言使用。较少的