https://rabiaibtasar.com/tags/science-learning/Science LearningHugoBlox Kit (https://hugoblox.com)en-ushttps://rabiaibtasar.com/media/icon_hu_f8642944335ea25d.pnghttps://rabiaibtasar.com/tags/science-learning/https://rabiaibtasar.com/projects/stemmates/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://rabiaibtasar.com/projects/stemmates/<p>STEMMates investigates how a social robot can support middle school students’ science reading and learning at home.</p> <p>Built on the Misty robot platform, the STEMMate learning companion provides comments during reading activities designed to support comprehension, social connection, and interest in science.</p> <p>The project brings together learning sciences and human–robot interaction to explore how interactions with a robot can complement educational materials and support learning beyond the classroom.</p> <p>I contributed to this project by developing a social commentary framework which included knowledge support, social support and interest support comments for the social robot that were specifically tailored to the STEM books selected for this project. This framework was later used again for a subsequent project that used the Misty social robot as a homework companion robot for children.</p> <p> </p>