WSEAS Transactions on Computers


Print ISSN: 1109-2750
E-ISSN: 2224-2872

Volume 16, 2017

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Use of a Low Cost Neurosignals Capture System to Show the Importance of Developing Didactic Activities Within a Class to Increase the Level of Student Engagement. (Case Study)

AUTHORS: César Peña, Surgei Caicedo, Luz Moreno, Marisol Maestre, Aldo Pardo

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ABSTRACT: This paper presents a case study which applies a brain-computer interface at low cost for measuring the student level of engagement. These measures are taken during the experiences of a student in a class that involves doing specific didactic activities. This research pretends to promote the use of new technology to measure the impact of didactic strategies in particular cases in a fast way. It could be evidenced that the didactic activity that was selected, caught the student’s attention, increasing the level of engagement during its execution.

KEYWORDS: Engagement, education, neurosignals, didactics, student, low cost, brain, emotive

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WSEAS Transactions on Computers, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1109-2750 / 2224-2872, Volume 14, 2017, Art. #19, pp. 172-178


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