Determining tangible user interfaces in teaching matching skills to children with autism

One of the primary deficiencies in children with autism is the ability of symbolic thinking. For overcoming difficulties in understanding abstract concepts, recognizing the similarities and differences between objects, comprehending the whole and its parts, completing the missing pieces in a patter...

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Main Authors: Gizem Hediye Eren, Füsun Curaoğlu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nilay ÖZSAVAŞ ULUÇAY 2022-06-01
Series:IDA: International Design and Art Journal
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Online Access:https://idajournal.com/index.php/ida/article/view/131
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description One of the primary deficiencies in children with autism is the ability of symbolic thinking. For overcoming difficulties in understanding abstract concepts, recognizing the similarities and differences between objects, comprehending the whole and its parts, completing the missing pieces in a pattern, are the first skills necessary to be taught. In our present day, tablet computers are among the important accessible technologies in education and training. The study aims to focus on the supporting qualities and design criteria of tangible user interfaces (TUI) for practising matching skills, one of the basic skills that children with autism should acquire. Popularizing tablet computers in various teaching activities of children with autism is important in researches. As a methodology, a literature review was conducted to synthesize and summarize the results of studies on this subject. Regarding this, an evaluation of the supportive qualities of using devices with tangible interfaces and their components in teaching matching skills, one of the basic skills that children with autism should acquire in the preschool period, is presented in regard to user experience. First, the contribution of technological tools in teaching various skills to children with autism was evaluated. The qualities of the devices with TUI, the tablet computers in the context of accessible technology and the accompanying tangible widgets that would contribute teaching matching skills to children with autism were examined and the design criteria of these products have been revealed.
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spelling doaj.art-0d5a863c3b5b4fb88e14cdfabbb436642023-02-15T16:07:22ZengNilay ÖZSAVAŞ ULUÇAYIDA: International Design and Art Journal2687-53732022-06-0141Determining tangible user interfaces in teaching matching skills to children with autismGizem Hediye Eren0Füsun Curaoğlu1Eskişehir Technical UniversityEskişehir Technical University One of the primary deficiencies in children with autism is the ability of symbolic thinking. For overcoming difficulties in understanding abstract concepts, recognizing the similarities and differences between objects, comprehending the whole and its parts, completing the missing pieces in a pattern, are the first skills necessary to be taught. In our present day, tablet computers are among the important accessible technologies in education and training. The study aims to focus on the supporting qualities and design criteria of tangible user interfaces (TUI) for practising matching skills, one of the basic skills that children with autism should acquire. Popularizing tablet computers in various teaching activities of children with autism is important in researches. As a methodology, a literature review was conducted to synthesize and summarize the results of studies on this subject. Regarding this, an evaluation of the supportive qualities of using devices with tangible interfaces and their components in teaching matching skills, one of the basic skills that children with autism should acquire in the preschool period, is presented in regard to user experience. First, the contribution of technological tools in teaching various skills to children with autism was evaluated. The qualities of the devices with TUI, the tablet computers in the context of accessible technology and the accompanying tangible widgets that would contribute teaching matching skills to children with autism were examined and the design criteria of these products have been revealed. https://idajournal.com/index.php/ida/article/view/131Children with AutismProduct DesignTangible User InterfaceTablet ComputerMatching Skills
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Determining tangible user interfaces in teaching matching skills to children with autism
IDA: International Design and Art Journal
Children with Autism
Product Design
Tangible User Interface
Tablet Computer
Matching Skills
title Determining tangible user interfaces in teaching matching skills to children with autism
title_full Determining tangible user interfaces in teaching matching skills to children with autism
title_fullStr Determining tangible user interfaces in teaching matching skills to children with autism
title_full_unstemmed Determining tangible user interfaces in teaching matching skills to children with autism
title_short Determining tangible user interfaces in teaching matching skills to children with autism
title_sort determining tangible user interfaces in teaching matching skills to children with autism
topic Children with Autism
Product Design
Tangible User Interface
Tablet Computer
Matching Skills
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