Open AccessDysgraphi Coach: Mobile Application for Dysgraphia Children in Malaysia
Author(s) -
Mazeyanti Mohd Ariffin,
Tengku Zarith Nabilah Tengku Othman,
Nor Shakirah Aziz,
Mazlina Mehat,
Noreen Izza Arshad
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2227-524X
DOI - 10.14419/ijet.v7i4.36.23912
Subject(s) - dysgraphia , dyslexia , learning disability , usability , psychology , computer science , multimedia , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , human–computer interaction , linguistics , reading (process) , philosophy
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.