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This paper describes an empirical study with children that compared the three methods of writing — using pencil and paper, using the QWERTY keyboard at a computer, and using a pen and graphics tablet. The children wrote short stories. Where the graphics tablet was used, the text was recognized and presented to the children as ASCII text. Measures of user satisfaction, quantity of writing produced,...
MathLexic is a multimedia application that is designed to improve mathematical skills of dyslexic children. This research is focused on integration of multimedia elements and implementation of multimedia principles in the application, which is intended to deliver an attractive and acceptable multimedia mathematical application for dyslexics. The application allows dyslexics to interact with the tutorials...
Jawi is the writing script for the Malay language derived from the Arabic alphabets. Jawi letters are considered to be difficult for children to write as they require the use of fine motor skills in order to write them properly. This article will discuss the software development issues for children between the ages of 4 to 6 years old in learning to write the Jawi characters by focusing on the motor...
A child version of mental accounting tasks has been administrated on 180 3- to 5-year-olds to tentatively investigate the development of young children's mental accounting. The results show that the development of young children's mental accounting varies along with age in the three ways in which the non-fungibility effect of mental accounting takes effect. In the expenditure loss task (ELT), mental...
Knowledge of English in the Philippines is important not only in the work place, but as well as in education. English is the primary language of instruction in the Philippines, even in public schools. Students who have difficulty understanding English will also have trouble with the other subjects like Science and Math. However, there is a lack of qualified English school teachers, particularly in...
We designed a virtual hand-writing teaching system for children with handwriting difficulties due to attention or motor deficits, using a haptic interface that could provide a neutral, repetitive engaging approach to letter writing. The approach we took to accomplish this included: (a) using letter primitives, (b) user friendly interface for teachers, therapists, subjects and parents, (c) adjustable...
This paper describes an empirical study that considered the immediate usability of digital ink with two groups of children. The first group comprised children aged between 5 and 6 and the second group were aged between 8 and 9. The experiment is described together with a discount method for evaluating the readability of digital ink for children. This method is used to derive readability and usability...
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