RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Engaging adolescents with Down syndrome in an educational video game
A1 González Ferreras, César
A1 Escudero Mancebo, David
A1 Corrales Astorgano, Mario
A1 Aguilar Cuevas, Lourdes
A1 Flores Lucas, María del Valle
AB This article describes the design, implementation and evaluation of an educational video game that helps individuals with Down syndrome to improve their speech skills, specifically those related to prosody. Special attention has been paid to the design of the user interface, taking into account the cognitive, learning, and attentional limitations of people with Down syndrome. The learning content is conveyed by activities of production and perception of prosodic phenomena, aimed at increasing their communicative competence. These activities are introduced within the narrative of a video game so that the players do not conceive the tool as a mere succession of learning activities, but so that they learn and improve their speech while playing. The evaluation strategy that has been followed involves real users and combines different evaluation activities. Results show a high level of acceptance by participants and also by professionals, speech therapists, and special education teachers.
PB Taylor & Francis
SN 1044 - 7318
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/27527
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/27527
LA eng
NO International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 2017, vol. 33, n. 9, p. 693-712
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 18-nov-2024