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Children's Solving of 'Tower of Hanoi' Tasks: Dynamic Testing with the Help of a Robot
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Resing, Wilma C. M.; Vogelaar, Bart; Elliott, Julian G. – Educational Psychology, 2020
The present study investigated the usefulness of a pre-programmed, teleoperated, socially assistive peer robot in dynamic testing of complex problem solving utilising the Tower of Hanoi. The robot, in a 'Wizard of Oz' setting, provided instructions and prompts during dynamic testing to children when they had to solve 3 D Tower of Hanoi puzzles.…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Robotics, Puzzles, Grade 2
Dynamic Testing of Children with a Developmental Language Disorder: Progression in Series Completion Performance and Need for Instruction
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Touw, Kirsten W. J.; Vogelaar, Bart; Thissen, Floor; Resing, Wilma C. M. – Educational & Child Psychology, 2019
Background: Outcomes of static tests provide an indication of what children have learned in the past, up to the moment of testing, and can therefore underestimate the cognitive abilities of atypically developing children, such as children with language difficulties. In contrast, dynamic tests aim to examine children's potential for learning. The…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Prompting, Language Impairments, Language Skills