Desenvolvimento de uma solução de aprendizagem interativa orientada às necessidades das crianças com Trissomia 21

• Autor(a) principal: Afonseca, Cátia Raquel Faria de
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/2225
• topic: Trissomia 21; Museu da Baleia da Madeira; Aprendizagem; Trisomy 21; Whaling Museum; Learning; Madeira (Portugal); Engenharia Informática; .; Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia; Domínio/Área Científica::Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Eletrónica e Informática; Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Educação

Trisomy 21 or Down Syndrome is one of the most common diseases that causes learning difficulties, comprising about 18% of mental disorders, with an incidence of ~ 1/600-1000 live births. Although they have difficulty learning, does not mean that in a certain age they cannot acquire it, because generally they learn more slowly. One way to encourage these children in the learning process is the use of computer games. Unfortunately, currently there are few educational software with the aimed at solving this cognitive needs. This project was partner of the Whaling Museum. The museum receives students from pre-school to secondary with the aim to build knowledge on cetaceans and sea. Some of these visitors are students with special needs, such trisomy 21. It was proposed the development of educational software that allows those children to learn some concepts about the museum. So, this Master's thesis in Computer Science aims to develop an interactive learning solution targeted to the needs of children with trisomy 21 to be used in recreational activities that exist in the Whaling Museum.