The Effect of IPad on School Preparedness among Hearing-Impaired Preschool Children

Journal Article

Turkestani, Maryam Hafez . 2015

• نوع عمل المنشور: بحث علمي
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• المجلة \ الصحيفة: International Education Studies
• رقم العدد: Vol. 8, No. 11
• رقم الإصدار السنوي: ISSN 1913-9020 E-ISSN 1913-9039
• الصفحات: 62-50

مستخلص المنشور

With modern technological developments and with the fast expansion of mobile technical equipment, a need arouse to conduct a field study to find out how technology influences various developmental aspects of normal and special needs children at the preschool stage. This study aimed  at finding out the effect of iPad on school preparedness among hearing-impaired school children . In this study, all the children attended the national kindergarten in Al-Riyadh. The study sample was divided into control (7) and experimental (8) group. Children in the experimental group used the iPad for 15 weeks. Results showed improvement of the experimental group in all measured areas. The control group, those who did not play with iPads, improved in both their kinetic and social areas. In addition, differences were found between groups on post measurement favoring experimental group. The study recommended conducting more experimental and longitudinal studies to further delve into the effects of using iPads in preschools with children who have poor hearing