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Conversation with a Chatbot before an Online EFL Group Discussion and the Effects on Critical Thinking
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- Goda Yoshiko
- Research Center for Higher Education, Kumamoto University
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- Yamada Masanori
- Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University
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- Matsukawa Hideya
- Center for Education in Liberal Arts and Sciences, Osaka University
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- Hata Kojiro
- Faculty of Social and Management Studies, Otemae University
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- Yasunami Seisuke
- Research Center for Higher Education, Kumamoto University
Description
This study investigated learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) who engaged in a group discussion and saw how their discussion was affected by a preceding conversation with a chatbot. The chatbot was designed to reflect the Socratic inquiry method based on Eliza, a computer program developed for psychotherapy. Two case studies were conducted, and 130 university students (Case 1: n=63; Case 2: n=67) were divided into experimental and control groups and observed. Case 1 served as the pilot study and focused on the effects of a chatbot conversation on the discussion; the critical thinking, satisfaction, and number of conversations in experimental and control groups were analyzed. Case 2 examined the difference in critical thinking pre- and post-discussion in both groups. Case 1 showed that a preceding conversation with a chatbot might lead to an increase in the number of contributions that students made to conversations and could increase the number of conversations in which the students participated. Case 2 results showed that pre-discussion with a chatbot could increase the students’ awareness of critical thinking and enable them to form inquiring mindsets.
Journal
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- The Journal of Information and Systems in Education
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The Journal of Information and Systems in Education 13 (1), 1-7, 2014
Japanese Society for Information and Systems in Education
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282680227247104
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- NII Article ID
- 130004707731
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- ISSN
- 21863679
- 1348236X
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Article Type
- journal article
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- Crossref
- CiNii Articles
- KAKEN
- OpenAIRE
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed