Amity Institute of Information Technology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India.
School of Creative Technologies, University of Bolton, Bolton, UK.
Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol. 2024 Jan;19(1):9-15. doi: 10.1080/17483107.2022.2134473. Epub 2022 Oct 19.
The use of technology in teaching and learning process for children is gaining importance. Children with specific learning disabilities have shown positive results with assistive technology tools. Dyscalculia is a specific learning disability in which an individual faces problem in mathematical skills. Around 3-7% of the world population is affected with it. The aim of the current research study is to determine the effectiveness of an assistive technology tool, Mathlete on children with dyscalculia's early numeracy skills. Such assistive technology tools can serve as a boon for these children.
A total of 40 children with dyscalculia were a part of the study. The group of 40 children were randomly divided into two groups: experiment group using mathlete for improving their learning (30 children) and a control group using only traditional teaching for learning (10 children). The children were screened for dyscalculia using the screening module of mathlete.
The two groups showed no significant difference in terms of their socio-economic status, gender and parents education level. Children in the experiment group showed improvement from pre-test to post-test after using mathlete. Also, there was significant difference in learning of both the groups, children in experiment group could understand the concepts better than the ones in control group.
Mathlete helped improve the mathematical learning of children with dyscalculia from pre-test to post-test.
在儿童的教学和学习过程中使用技术变得越来越重要。有特殊学习障碍的儿童使用辅助技术工具已经取得了积极的成果。计算障碍是一种特殊的学习障碍，个体在数学技能方面存在问题。大约有 3-7%的世界人口受到影响。本研究的目的是确定辅助技术工具 Mathlete 对计算障碍儿童早期计算技能的有效性。这些辅助技术工具可以成为这些孩子的福音。
共有 40 名患有计算障碍的儿童参加了这项研究。这 40 名儿童被随机分为两组：实验组使用 Mathlete 提高学习（30 名儿童），对照组仅使用传统教学法学习（10 名儿童）。使用 Mathlete 的筛查模块对儿童进行计算障碍筛查。
两组在社会经济地位、性别和父母教育水平方面没有显著差异。实验组的儿童在使用 Mathlete 后，从预测试到后测试都有所提高。此外，两个组的学习都有显著差异，实验组的儿童比对照组的儿童能够更好地理解概念。
Mathlete 有助于提高计算障碍儿童的数学学习成绩，从预测试到后测试都有所提高。
