U-VIP - Unit for Visually Impaired People, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy.
Institute of Education, University College London, London, UK.
Multisens Res. 2022 Apr 19;35(4):335-366. doi: 10.1163/22134808-bja10072.
In this review, we discuss how specific sensory channels can mediate the learning of properties of the environment. In recent years, schools have increasingly been using multisensory technology for teaching. However, it still needs to be sufficiently grounded in neuroscientific and pedagogical evidence. Researchers have recently renewed understanding around the role of communication between sensory modalities during development. In the current review, we outline four principles that will aid technological development based on theoretical models of multisensory development and embodiment to foster in-depth, perceptual, and conceptual learning of mathematics. We also discuss how a multidisciplinary approach offers a unique contribution to development of new practical solutions for learning in school. Scientists, engineers, and pedagogical experts offer their interdisciplinary points of view on this topic. At the end of the review, we present our results, showing that one can use multiple sensory inputs and sensorimotor associations in multisensory technology to improve the discrimination of angles, but also possibly for educational purposes. Finally, we present an application, the 'RobotAngle' developed for primary (i.e., elementary) school children, which uses sounds and body movements to learn about angles.
在这篇综述中，我们讨论了特定的感觉通道如何介导对环境属性的学习。近年来，学校越来越多地将多感官技术用于教学。然而，它仍然需要充分基于神经科学和教学证据。研究人员最近对发展过程中感觉模态之间的交流的作用有了新的认识。在当前的综述中，我们概述了基于多感官发展和体现的理论模型来促进深入、感知和概念性学习数学的四项原则，这些原则将有助于技术发展。我们还讨论了多学科方法如何为学校学习的新实用解决方案的发展提供独特的贡献。科学家、工程师和教育专家就这一主题提供了他们跨学科的观点。在综述的最后，我们展示了我们的结果，表明人们可以在多感官技术中使用多种感觉输入和感觉运动联想来提高角度的辨别能力，也可能用于教育目的。最后，我们介绍了一个应用程序，即“RobotAngle”，专为小学儿童开发，它使用声音和身体动作来学习角度。
