Assessment of Apps Aimed at Developing Basic Instrumental Skills in Autistic Children and Teenagers
It is crucial for families and professionals to promote basic instrumental skills in children with autism, as these skills can help with comprehensive growth and development, and are a starting point in acquiring the essential tools needed for one to live an independent and successful life. These sk...
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| author | Carmen del Pilar Gallardo-Montes María Jesús Caurcel Cara Emilio Crisol Moya Sonia Jarque Fernández |
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| description | It is crucial for families and professionals to promote basic instrumental skills in children with autism, as these skills can help with comprehensive growth and development, and are a starting point in acquiring the essential tools needed for one to live an independent and successful life. These skills include oral language, reading, writing, and mathematics. Therefore, given that ICT and mobile applications (apps) are effective tools that offer suitable content, and are designed exclusively for people with this disorder, working on these skills with apps is an interesting option that is worthy of our attention. We analyzed 88 apps that focused on these skills, through a duly validated system of indicators, calculating frequencies, percentages, measures of central tendency and dispersion, and non-parametric contrast statistics. The app search was carried out in the Google Play Store, with the keyword “autism”, in English and in Spanish. Most of the apps focused on aspects linked to oral language and reading, but few were aimed at reading and mathematics. In addition to the apps’ lack of specialization in the last two skills, the vast majority did not specify the age group for which their content was intended. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-adee1936d8bf437d89d8d16d312bba7f2023-11-21T18:13:03ZengMDPI AGMathematics2227-73902021-05-0199103210.3390/math9091032Assessment of Apps Aimed at Developing Basic Instrumental Skills in Autistic Children and TeenagersCarmen del Pilar Gallardo-Montes0María Jesús Caurcel Cara1Emilio Crisol Moya2Sonia Jarque Fernández3Department of Didactics and School Organization, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, SpainDepartment of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, SpainDepartment of Didactics and School Organization, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, SpainDepartment of Cognition, Development and Educational Psychology, University of Barcelona, 08035 Barcelona, SpainIt is crucial for families and professionals to promote basic instrumental skills in children with autism, as these skills can help with comprehensive growth and development, and are a starting point in acquiring the essential tools needed for one to live an independent and successful life. These skills include oral language, reading, writing, and mathematics. Therefore, given that ICT and mobile applications (apps) are effective tools that offer suitable content, and are designed exclusively for people with this disorder, working on these skills with apps is an interesting option that is worthy of our attention. We analyzed 88 apps that focused on these skills, through a duly validated system of indicators, calculating frequencies, percentages, measures of central tendency and dispersion, and non-parametric contrast statistics. The app search was carried out in the Google Play Store, with the keyword “autism”, in English and in Spanish. Most of the apps focused on aspects linked to oral language and reading, but few were aimed at reading and mathematics. In addition to the apps’ lack of specialization in the last two skills, the vast majority did not specify the age group for which their content was intended.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/9/9/1032autismspecial educationICTeducational technologymobile educational servicescomputer applications |
| spellingShingle | Carmen del Pilar Gallardo-Montes María Jesús Caurcel Cara Emilio Crisol Moya Sonia Jarque Fernández Assessment of Apps Aimed at Developing Basic Instrumental Skills in Autistic Children and Teenagers Mathematics autism special education ICT educational technology mobile educational services computer applications |
| title | Assessment of Apps Aimed at Developing Basic Instrumental Skills in Autistic Children and Teenagers |
| title_full | Assessment of Apps Aimed at Developing Basic Instrumental Skills in Autistic Children and Teenagers |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of Apps Aimed at Developing Basic Instrumental Skills in Autistic Children and Teenagers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of Apps Aimed at Developing Basic Instrumental Skills in Autistic Children and Teenagers |
| title_short | Assessment of Apps Aimed at Developing Basic Instrumental Skills in Autistic Children and Teenagers |
| title_sort | assessment of apps aimed at developing basic instrumental skills in autistic children and teenagers |
| topic | autism special education ICT educational technology mobile educational services computer applications |
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