AN INVESTIGATION OF VISUAL DESIGN CRITERIA OF WOODEN TOYS FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 1 - 11, 30.04.2025

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https://doi.org/10.32328/turkjforsci.1323794

Abstract

In this study, it was tried to determine whether visual features are effective in the wooden toy preferences of children with educable intellectual disabilities. The dynamics of this study are the fact that cognitive disability have the highest number among the educable disability groups, the use of toys as educational materials in this target group, and the limited academic studies on this type of disability. Three different toy groups were manufactured from pine wood for the study. Each group consists of four toys whose surface treatment is colored in four different ways. These toys are offered periodically to cognitive disability children of different genders, disability rates, and ages. From the data obtained, it was concluded that the gender, and disability rates were significantly effective in the wooden toy color preferences of individuals, still the effect of age differences was insignificant.

Keywords

wooden Toy , Visual design , Disabled Children

Ethical Statement

This study requires ethics committee approval. Ethics committee approval was received on 22.06.2023 from 125th Year Special Education Vocational High School with the document number of E-78789831-903.01-78900735.

Supporting Institution

The study received no financial support

Thanks

I would like to thank the teachers, and administrators of the 125th Year Special Education Vocational High School for their moral contributions to this study.

ÖĞRENME GÜÇLÜĞÜ OLAN ÇOCUKLAR İÇİN AHŞAP OYUNCAK GÖRSEL TASARIM KRİTERLERİNİN ARAŞTIRILMASI

Abstract

Bu çalışmada eğitilebilir düzeyde öğrenme güçlüğü bulunan çocukların ahşap oyuncak tercihlerinde görsel özelliklerin etkili olup olmadığı tespit edilmeye çalışılmıştır. Öğrenme güçlüğüne sahip çocukların, eğitilebilir engel grupları içinde en fazla sayıya sahip olması, oyuncakların bu hedef kitlede aynı zamanda eğitim materyali olarak da kullanılması ve bu engel türüne yönelik akademik çalışmaların oldukça kısıtlı olması bu çalışmanın dinamiğini oluşturmuştur. Çalışma için çam ağacından üç farklı oyuncak grubu üretilmiştir. Her grup farklı üst yüzey işlemi yapılmış dört çeşit oyuncaktan oluşmaktadır. Bu oyuncaklar periyodik sürelerde farklı cinsiyet, engel oranı ve yaşa sahip bireylerin beğenisine sunulmuştur. El edilen verilerden bireylerin cinsiyet ve engel oranlarının ahşap oyuncak tercihlerinde anlamlı olarak etkili olduğu, ancak yaş farklarının etkisinin anlamsız olduğu sonuçlarına ulaşılmıştır.

Keywords

Ahşap oyuncak , görsel tasarım , engelli çocuklar

Ethical Statement

This study requires ethics committee approval. Ethics committee approval was received on 22.06.2023 from 125th Year Special Education Vocational High School with the document number of E-78789831-903.01-78900735.

Supporting Institution

The study received no financial support.

Thanks

I would like to thank the teachers, and administrators of the 125th Year Special Education Vocational High School for their moral contributions to this study.

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