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Inclusive computing in special needs classrooms: designing for all

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posted on 2023-06-19, 08:23 authored by Zuzanna Lechelt, Yvonne Rogers, Nicola YuillNicola Yuill, Lena Nagl, Grazia RagoneGrazia Ragone, Nicolai Marquardt
With a growing call for an increased emphasis on computing in school curricula, there is a need to make computing accessible to a diversity of learners. One potential approach is to extend the use of physical toolkits, which have been found to encourage collaboration, sustained engagement and effective learning in classrooms in general. However, little is known as to whether and how these benefits can be leveraged in special needs schools, where learners have a spectrum of distinct cognitive and social needs. Here, we investigate how introducing a physical toolkit can support learning about computing concepts for special education needs (SEN) students in their classroom. By tracing how the students’ interactions—both with the physical toolkit and with each other—unfolded over time, we demonstrate how the design of both the form factor and the learning tasks embedded in a physical toolkit contribute to collaboration, comprehension and engagement when learning in mixed SEN classrooms.

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Publication status

  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

CHI '18 Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery

Event name

2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Event location

Montreal QC Canada

Event type

conference

Event date

April 21-26 2018

ISBN

9781450356206

Department affiliated with

  • Psychology Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • Centre for Innovation and Research in Childhood and Youth Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2018-07-02

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2018-07-02

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2018-06-29

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