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Interaction of children with and without communication disorders using Montessori activities for the tablet

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Mobile technologies used for education may offer advantages for children with Communication Disorders, among which we can find language disorders and speech disorders, which are identified in DSM-V. In this research, we have introduced two educational activities, “Matching Cards” and “Cards & Sounds”, based on the Montessori Method and which deal with the first stages of reading and writing. We have tested these two activities with children with and without Communication Disorders in order to study how they interact. These groups of children use a Tablet to perform the two activities, which vary in visual and auditory stimuli. The activities employ two touch interactions: tap and drag & drop. Based on Montessori, the activity and the interaction do not produce either positive or negative feedback. The analysis performed with the variables of time, interaction and mistake has shown that children from both groups change their efficiency of use. Differences regarding the interaction of children with and without Communication Disorders have also been observed. Additionally, children with Communication Disorders need additional strategies as explicit indicators in the interaction which may be a guide to be able to carry out specific actions.

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This work has been partially funded by the Department of Science, Innovation and Universities: project RTI2018-099235-B-I00. We have also received funds from the Principality of Asturias, through its Science, Technology and Innovation Plan (grant FC-GRUPIN-IDI/2018/000199) and University of Oviedo to support the Computational Reflection Research Group (GR-2011-0040). We would also like to thank the teachers and caregivers of the educational institutions for their support during this research, as it would not have been possible without their contribution.

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Pérez-Pérez, JR., Cabielles-Hernández, D., Sánchez-Santillán, M. et al. Interaction of children with and without communication disorders using Montessori activities for the tablet. Pers Ubiquit Comput 25, 495–507 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-020-01471-7

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