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Creating TUIs Using RFID Sensors—A Case Study Based on the Literacy Process of Children with Down Syndrome
Teaching children with intellectual disabilities is a big challenge for most parents and educators. Special education teachers use learning strategies to develop and enhance motivation for complex learning tasks. Literacy acquisition is an essential and life-long skill for a child with intellectual...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4541810/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26115455 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s150714845 |
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author | Jadán-Guerrero, Janio Guerrero, Luis López, Gustavo Cáliz, Doris Bravo, José |
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description | Teaching children with intellectual disabilities is a big challenge for most parents and educators. Special education teachers use learning strategies to develop and enhance motivation for complex learning tasks. Literacy acquisition is an essential and life-long skill for a child with intellectual disabilities. In this context, technology can support specific strategies that will help children learn to read. This paper introduces a Tangible User Interface (TUI) system based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to support literacy for children with Down syndrome. Our proposed system focuses on the integration of RFID tags in 3D printed objects and low cost toys. The paper describes the experience of using some materials covering the tags and the different problems related to the material and distance of radio wave propagation. The results of a preliminary evaluation in a special education institution showed that the system helps to improve the interaction between teachers and children. The use of a TUI seems to give a physical sensory experience to develop literacy skills in children with Down syndrome. |
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spelling | pubmed-45418102015-08-26 Creating TUIs Using RFID Sensors—A Case Study Based on the Literacy Process of Children with Down Syndrome Jadán-Guerrero, Janio Guerrero, Luis López, Gustavo Cáliz, Doris Bravo, José Sensors (Basel) Article Teaching children with intellectual disabilities is a big challenge for most parents and educators. Special education teachers use learning strategies to develop and enhance motivation for complex learning tasks. Literacy acquisition is an essential and life-long skill for a child with intellectual disabilities. In this context, technology can support specific strategies that will help children learn to read. This paper introduces a Tangible User Interface (TUI) system based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to support literacy for children with Down syndrome. Our proposed system focuses on the integration of RFID tags in 3D printed objects and low cost toys. The paper describes the experience of using some materials covering the tags and the different problems related to the material and distance of radio wave propagation. The results of a preliminary evaluation in a special education institution showed that the system helps to improve the interaction between teachers and children. The use of a TUI seems to give a physical sensory experience to develop literacy skills in children with Down syndrome. MDPI 2015-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC4541810/ /pubmed/26115455 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s150714845 Text en © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Jadán-Guerrero, Janio Guerrero, Luis López, Gustavo Cáliz, Doris Bravo, José Creating TUIs Using RFID Sensors—A Case Study Based on the Literacy Process of Children with Down Syndrome |
title | Creating TUIs Using RFID Sensors—A Case Study Based on the Literacy Process of Children with Down Syndrome |
title_full | Creating TUIs Using RFID Sensors—A Case Study Based on the Literacy Process of Children with Down Syndrome |
title_fullStr | Creating TUIs Using RFID Sensors—A Case Study Based on the Literacy Process of Children with Down Syndrome |
title_full_unstemmed | Creating TUIs Using RFID Sensors—A Case Study Based on the Literacy Process of Children with Down Syndrome |
title_short | Creating TUIs Using RFID Sensors—A Case Study Based on the Literacy Process of Children with Down Syndrome |
title_sort | creating tuis using rfid sensors—a case study based on the literacy process of children with down syndrome |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4541810/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26115455 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s150714845 |
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