|
Title:
|
EFFECTS OF USING A HANDHELD DEVICE IN BLENDED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: FOCUS ON STUDYING KANJI CHARACTERS IN SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION AT JAPANESE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
|
Author(s):
|
Takeshi Kitazawa, Masahiro Nagai |
|
ISBN:
|
978-972-8939-38-0 |
|
Editors:
|
Miguel Baptista Nunes and Pedro Isaías |
|
Year:
|
2011 |
|
Edition:
|
Volume I |
|
Keywords:
|
Blended learning, Information and communication technology, Special needs education, Elementary school, Handheld device (Nintendo DS), Kanji character (Chi |
|
Type:
|
Full Paper |
|
First Page:
|
86 |
|
Last Page:
|
92 |
|
Language:
|
English |
|
Cover:
|
|
|
Full Contents:
|
click to dowload 
|
|
Paper Abstract:
|
This paper describes the effects of using a handheld device (a Nintendo DS) for training students in the use of Kanji characters (the Chinese characters used in Japan) in a blended learning environment. The main emphasis is on its effects on students in special needs education at a Japanese elementary school. In face-to-face lessons lasting about five months, six students affected by ADHD (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder) studied the reading, writing, stroke count, and stroke order of Kanji characters using a Nintendo DS; on which Kanji software was installed. Consequently, the academic performance of all the students improved. However, it was noted that some students became rather obsessive about their own levels of performance. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
