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EDUCCON 2024, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, 27 September 2024, vol.2024, no.5, pp.26
This research aims to examine the application of the Word Association Test (WAT) using a Social Humanoid Robot (SHR) from the perspective of human-robot interaction. The study is designed as an action research, one of the qualitative research designs, and the sample consists of 40 students enrolled in the English Language Teaching program. The research was conducted in four phases. In the first phase, students were taught about the concepts of "Validity, Reliability, and Usability." In the second phase, a WAT was developed to assess their cognitive structures related to these topics, and the words "Validity," "Reliability," and "Usability" were chosen as stimuli. A software was developed for the Pepper robot to administer the test, utilizing artificial intelligence-supported speech recognition to convert students' responses into text on the robot’s tablet. In the third phase, the WAT was administered first through the SHR and then using the traditional paper-and-pencil method. In the final phase, the test analyses were conducted separately by the SHR and experts, and feedback was provided to the students. Semi-structured interviews were also conducted with the students to gather their experiences with both the SHR and traditional WAT applications. The data were analyzed using content analysis.