Using Educational Games for Sign Language Learning--A SignWriting Learning Game: Case Study

Autor/inn/en	Bouzid, Yosra; Khenissi, Mohamed Ali; Essalmi, Fathi; Jemni, Mohamed
Titel	Using Educational Games for Sign Language Learning--A SignWriting Learning Game: Case Study
Quelle	In: Educational Technology & Society, 19 (2016) 1, S.129-141 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1436-4522
Schlagwörter	Deafness; Hearing Impairments; Educational Games; Sign Language; Case Studies; Special Needs Students; Pilot Projects; Outcomes of Education; Student Interests; Learner Engagement; Usability; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Qualitative Research; Interviews; Observation; Tunisia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gehörlosigkeit; Taubstummheit; Hearing impairment; Hörbehinderung; Educational game; Lernspiel; Gebärdensprache; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Studieninteresse; Ausland; Fragebogen; Qualitative Forschung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Beobachtung; Tunesien
Abstract	Apart from being used as a means of entertainment, computer games have been adopted for a long time as a valuable tool for learning. Computer games can offer many learning benefits to students since they can consume their attention and increase their motivation and engagement which can then lead to stimulate learning. However, most of the research to date on educational computer games, in particular learning versions of existing computer games, focused only on learner with typical development. Rather less is known about designing educational games for learners with special needs. The current research presents the results of a pilot study. The principal aim of this pilot study is to examine the interest of learners with hearing impairments in using an educational game for learning the sign language notation system SignWriting. The results found indicated that, overall, the application is useful, enjoyable and easy to use: the game can stimulate the students' interest in learning such notations. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01