Design and Development of a Mobile Writing Application for Students With Dysgraphia

2019-03-01
Hopcan, Sinan
Tokel, Saniye Tuğba
Karasu, Necdet
Aykut, Çığıl
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Writing plays a vital role in both daily life and academic life. Students begin learning to write in the first years in school and then they use writing skills their whole life. However, some students, such as students with dysgraphia, experience difficulties in writing. The purpose of the chapter is to develop a mobile writing application for students with dysgraphia and to reveal ideas of special education experts, educational technology experts, and classroom education experts, and a teacher about application. A pilot study was conducted with three students with dysgraphia firstly, and necessary revisions were made. After revisions, experts' views were taken. The results indicated that experts reflected positive ideas about mobile writing application for students with dysgraphia. However, the experts suggested some minor revisions for improving the mobile writing application. To sum up, final improvements were made, and a mobile writing application was developed.
https://www.igi-global.com/book/mobile-technologies-educational-organizations/214497#table-of-contents
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/84789
Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology, Book / Book chapter

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S. Hopcan, S. T. Tokel, N. Karasu, and Ç. Aykut, Design and Development of a Mobile Writing Application for Students With Dysgraphia. 2019, p. 262.
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