Effectiveness Of Presentation Of Touch-Math With Tablet In Teaching The Simple Additional Process To Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Abstract

Individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum show inadequacy in many areas, such as daily life skills and academic skills. Among the academic skills, mathematics skills have great importance for being independent in daily life. Counting numbers, using money, shopping, calculating time, shapes, and problem-solving are some of the skills that individuals with developmental deficiency need in their daily lives. One of the methods developed in order to gain these skills is the Touch-Math technique. These technic is used for teaching numbers and the four arithmetical operations. The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of teaching the basic collection process to individuals with autism spectrum disorder by presenting Touch-Math technique with a tablet. The study was carried out with the multiple probe design between the participants, one of the single-subject research methods. Participants are students with four autism spectrum disorders whose age changes between 8-10 years of age. As a result of the research, it was concluded that the presentation of the dot determination technique with a tablet to teach the simple collection process for students with autism spectrum disorder. The monitoring data of the study shows that this skill is permanent, and the generalization data shows that the participants exhibit the skills learned in different environments and individuals. Suggestions were presented to practitioners and advanced research.

Keywords

• Special Education
• Autism
• Math Education
• Touch Math

Otizm Spektrum Bozukluğu Bulunan Çocuklara Basit Toplama İşlemi Öğretiminde Nokta Belirleme Tekniğinin Tablet ile Sunumunun Etkililiği

Öz

Otizm spektrum tanısı almış olan bireyler, günlük yaşam becerileri ve akademik beceriler gibi birçok alanda yetersizlik göstermektedir. Akademik becerilerin arasından matematik becerilerinin günlük hayatta bağımsız olabilmek için önemi büyüktür. Sayma, sayılar, para kullanımı, alışveriş, zaman, şekiller, dört işlem gerektiren problem çözme gibi matematik becerilerinin gelişimsel yetersizliğe sahip bireylerin günlük yaşamında ihtiyaç duyacağı becerilerden birkaçıdır. Bu becerileri kazandırabilmek için geliştirilmiş yöntemlerden birisi de nokta belirleme tekniğidir. Bu teknik rakamlar ve dört işlem öğretilirken kullanılmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı da nokta belirleme tekniğini tablet ile sunarak otizm spektrum bozukluğu tanısı olan bireylere temel toplama işleminin öğretiminin etkililiğini belirlemektir. Çalışma tek denekli araştırma yöntemlerinden katılımcılar arası çoklu yoklama modeli ile yürütülmüştür. Katılımcılar yaşları 8-10 yaş aralığında değişen dört otizm spektrum bozukluğu tanılı öğrencidir. Araştırma sonucunda otizm spektrum bozukluğu olan öğrencilere nokta belirleme tekniğinin tablet ile sunumunun basit toplama işlemini öğrenmelerinde etkili olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Araştırmanın izleme verileri bu beceirnin kalıcı olduğunu, genelleme verileri ise katılımcıların öğrendikleri beceriyi farklı ortam ve kişilerde de sergilediklerini göstermektedir. Uygulamacılara ve ileri araştırmalara yönelik öneriler sunulmuştur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Özel Eğitim
• Otizm
• Matematik Eğitimi
• Nokta Belirleme Tekniği

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