Gesture Recognition System Application to early childhood education 

  1. AlZubi,, Tareq Mahmod Ahmed
Supervised by:
  1. Julian C. Flores González Director
  2. José Manuel Cotos Yáñez Director

Defence university: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Year of defence: 2019

Committee:
  1. Francisco José Perales López Chair
  2. Juan-Carlos Brenlla-Blanco Secretary
  3. Juan Carlos Torres Cantero Committee member
Department:
  1. Department of Electronics and Computing

Type: Thesis

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Abstract

One of the most socially and culturally advantageous uses of human-computer interaction is enhancing playing and learning for children. In this study, gesture interactive game-based learning (GIGL) is tested to see if these kinds of applications are suitable to stimulate working memory (WM) and basic mathematical skills (BMS) in early childhood (5-6 years old) using a hand gesture recognition system. Hand gesture is being performed by the user and to control a computer system by that incoming information. We can conclude that the children who used GIGL technology showed a significant increase in their learning performance in WM and BMS, surpassing those who did normal school activities.