Dysgraphi Coach: Mobile Application for Dysgraphia Children in Malaysia

  • Authors

    • Mazeyanti Mohd Ariffin
    • Tengku Zarith Nabilah Tengku Othman
    • Nor Shakirah Aziz
    • Mazlina Mehat
    • Noreen Izza Arshad
    2018-12-09
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.36.23912
  • Learning disability, Dysgraphia, mobile applications, learning disorders, writing skills

  • Abstract

    Learning Disability (LD) or Learning Disorders refers to the difficulties of obtaining, processing and storing information in their memory. There are several categories of LD including Dyslexia, Autism and Dysgrahia. The term Dysgrahia refers to learning difficulties which associates to writing skills. Commonly, Dysgrahia occurs to schoolchildren. Researchers proposed that Dysgraphia children could be assisted by using supportive learning tools, however the study on learning tools particularly in mobile application for Dysgrahia is still scarce. Thus, the objective of this paper is to report on the development of a mobile application called DysgraphiCoach as well as its usability testing results. The DysgraphiCoach was constructed by using Evolutionary prototyping approach. In future, DysgraphiCoach will be evaluated in terms of its effectiveness in improving writing skills among the Dysgrahia children.

     

     

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    Mohd Ariffin, M., Zarith Nabilah Tengku Othman, T., Shakirah Aziz, N., Mehat, M., & Izza Arshad, N. (2018). Dysgraphi Coach: Mobile Application for Dysgraphia Children in Malaysia. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(4.36), 440-443. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.36.23912

    Received date: 2018-12-14

    Accepted date: 2018-12-14

    Published date: 2018-12-09