A New Evaluation Technique Through Serious Games for Children with ASD

Authors

  • Najoua Tahiri National School of Applied Sciences, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Tangier, Morocco https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-7287
  • Mohamed El Alami National School of Applied Sciences, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Tangier, Morocco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v15i11.12843

Keywords:

Evaluation, ASD, Serious Games, Education, Technique

Abstract


Assessment at preschool age plays a crucial role in the process of learning especially for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), whom encounter communication difficulties as exchanging thoughts or information by speech, writing or nonverbal expression. Therefore, a welldesigned assessment method is necessary in order to guide learning and serve as a powerful tool to reinforce children's motivation to learn. Information about what a child with ASD knows, understands and is able to do is used by tutors to adjust their teaching strategies. All assessment methods have different purposes before, during or after instruction. Besides, formative assessment is the most recommended type that helps improving children's learning and it takes place during the learning process. Also, serious games provide a context for assessing a broader range of skills and constructs compared to traditional assessment approaches. In this article, we propose a new technique for evaluating the degree of concept's assimilation of children with ASD through serious games. It allows identifying concepts that children are struggling to understand and skills they are having difficulty acquiring.

Author Biographies

Najoua Tahiri, National School of Applied Sciences, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Tangier, Morocco

Najoua Tahiri is a Ph.D. Candidate at the mathematics, computer science and applications research team (ERMIA), National School of Applied Sciences of Tangier, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Morocco. Engineer degree in Computer Science in 2013. Ongoing research interests: knowledge-based system, Artificial Intel-ligence, Affective Computing, E-learning.

Mohamed El Alami, National School of Applied Sciences, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Tangier, Morocco

Mohamed El Alami is Qualified Professor at National School of Applied Sciences of Tangier. Ph.D in Computer Science in 1998 from Faculty of Computer Science, Polytechnic University of Madrid. Member of the mathematics, computer science and applications research team (ERMIA). Author of several research publications. Ongoing research interests : Knowledge-Based System, Artificial Intelligence, Affec-tive Computing, Cognitive neuroscience, Intelligent Learning System.

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Published

2020-06-12

How to Cite

Tahiri, N., & El Alami, M. (2020). A New Evaluation Technique Through Serious Games for Children with ASD. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 15(11), pp. 202–217. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v15i11.12843

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