CONTENT DEVELOPMENT: COURSEWARE FOR STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES

• Main Author: Padil, Nielufaa Asriin
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2009
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/9261/1/2009%20-Content%20Development%20%28Courseware%20For%20Students%20With%20Learning%20Disabilities%29.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/9261/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

There is a growing concern on disabled educations and government agencies are accelerating their effort to support and help this group of people. Creating new education environment with technological advancement can be beneficial for disabled students as it provide better understanding in learning process. This report presents the idea of improving the content development of a learning courseware called "Fun Mathematics". The courseware was developed by previous Final Year student, Ms. Luxmi Jesudian for students with learning disabilities and Mathematics teachers at SK Pengkalan Pegoh, Ipoh as they are the target users for this courseware. The students' intelligence level in Mathematics is same level with Standard One students. The enhancement will focus on courseware's content development which basically divided in two elements; varies the mode ofdelivery and also improving the content ofthe syllabus. The mode of delivery varies into games, learning and exercises features. The content ofthe syllabus will followed the school's syllabus so that the students will have more understanding on the subject,. The methodology used throughout this project is divided into several phases which include planning, analysis, design, construction, implementation and maintenance. Under construction phase, Prototype Model methodology will be implemented in order to enhance the courseware. Result shows that the teachers gave positive feedback on the improved courseware from the post testing questionnaires during usertesting conducted in the school. It is hoped thatthenew version courseware will help the students to learn Mathematics subject better.