A Mobile Application Design for Students Who Need Special Education
Authors
Tolgay Karanfiller
Cyprus International University, Faculty of Education, Computer Education and Instructional Technology
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Hüseyin Göksu
Cyprus International University, Faculty of Education, Computer Education and Instructional Technology
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Kamil Yurtkan
Cyprus International University, Faculty of Engineering, Computer Engineering
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Keywords:
Mobile device, Technology, Educational application, Teaching-learning processes
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to teach basic concepts to students who need special education and to design a mobile application that will serve as a teaching aid. Various applications connected to mobile devices and mobile devices have begun to develop rapidly over the last decade. All fields of science and education have benefited from these developments. In the applied practice, "straggling teaching method" is taken as basis. In this method, materials have been developed to teach basic concepts such as "quantity", "length", "width" and "size". There are also chapters to help sort objects according to the concepts taught in the application. In practice, the skill level of the learner is first determined by a pretest. The student concept is finalized according to the level of readiness of the instructor. The application is built on the Android platform. The designed mobile application was tested in two different schools. When the test results were evaluated, the applicability of this application was observed in the learning process of the students.
