Title
Information and communication technologies based teaching methodologies for Peruvian children with down syndrome
Date Issued
28 October 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Villasante J.
Poma S.
Rodriguez-Rodriguez N.
Publisher(s)
Association for Computing Machinery
Abstract
Learning disabilities are found in people that experience difficulties in the acquisition of basic intellectual skills, which are fundamental to succeeding at school, work or in life in general. An example of a learning disability is Down Syndrome (DS). Children with DS are usually unable to follow the traditional educational systems. As a result, these children need tailored methods and techniques that adapt to their learning styles. Therefore, new educational tools are being developed that allow Down Syndrome Children (DSC) to sharpen their intellectual capacities in a better way. In this research, we implemented and modified two literature-based mobile tools that could aid in acquiring mathematics and linguistic skills oriented towards DSC. We performed a quasi-experimentation to test the improvements in mathematics and language skills in a group of children with DS. Moreover, we found that measuring the response time of children with disabilities is a complex task; and the continuous assistance from a tutor was also found to be necessary. Despite the difficulties encountered, such as distraction from the children because of being curious to interact with a technological tool, the results show that it is possible to increment the mathematical and language skills in a group of DSC by using an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based tool in contrast with a classical teaching methodology without ICT tools.
Start page
12
End page
17
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería de sistemas y comunicaciones Ciencias de la computación Ciencias de la educación
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85079059037
Resource of which it is part
ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
ISBN of the container
9781450372541
Conference
11th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers, ICETC 2019 Amsterdam 28 October 2019 through 31 October 2019
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