Investigation of a Relationship Visualization Tool to Support the Development of Children’s Self-Affirmation

It is said that good human relations and self-affirmation are closely related, and schools are required to foster self-affirmation in the Courses of Study. Therefore, we propose a tool that provides information that triggers teachers' support and guidance, with the aim of building good relationships to foster self-affirmation. In this tool, students express their appreciation for each other, and a directed graph is drawn from the records. By checking the directed graphs drawn based on the records of appreciation exchanged among students and the detected communities, the teacher can grasp the relationships among students, detect students who tend to isolate themselves, and use the information for support and guidance.