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- Title
An Innovative Educational Digital Game Design for Primary School Children with Autism.
- Authors
ALAGÖZ, Abdullah; UYSAL, Ömer; ÖK, Nazenin; SAKARYA, Yağmur; GÜRSOYLAR, Gülhan
- Abstract
The aim of this study is to reveal the opinions of special education teachers regarding the implementation of an educational digital game developed for primary school children with autism. For this purpose, an educational digital game called "Together with Autism" was developed. The designed game includes numbers, geometric shapes, concepts of size, colours and emotions as taken from the curriculum of the Ministry of National Education for students with autism. The game was applied to 5 students with autism in the presence of a special education teacher, and data on the subject were collected from 5 special education teachers through semi-structured interviews consisting of 9 qualitative questions. The collected data were processed for descriptive analysis after which the findings were interpreted, and conclusions were reached. When the findings were examined, it was found that educational digital games have positive effects on students with autism and the number of such contents should be increased. During the implementation phase of the game, students with autism had fun and reacted to audio and visual stimuli with laughter. Teachers mentioned the lack of digital materials specifically created for this field. In this context, it was concluded that educational digital games should be developed in the field of special education. Teachers stated that educational digital games developed for students with autism increase motivation, support faster and permanent learning, provide learning experiences by having fun, appeal to multiple sensory organs and reduce the burden of the teacher.
- Subjects
AUTISM in children; EDUCATIONAL games; SPECIAL education teachers; SCHOOL children; SENSE organs; PRIMARY schools; AUTISTIC children
- Publication
Necatibey Faculty of Education Electronic Journal of Science & Mathematics Education, 2023, p744
- ISSN
1307-6086
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17522/balikesirnef.1352732