Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and pupils with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms: do the software and the instruction method affect the behavior?

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Authors

Christina Solomonidou, Fotini Garagouni-Areou, University of Thessaly, Greece ; Zafiropoulou Maria, University of Thessaly, Dpt of Pre-school Education, Greece

JEMH Volume , Number ISSN 1055-8896

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Abstract

The study investigated the effects of ICT use on pupils with ADHD symptoms. Nine primary school pupils with ADHD symptoms and four others with no such deficit worked on a computer, either individually or collaboratively, once a week for a 6-week period. The pupils worked on a series of activities especially developped for this study, with educational software and ICT environments of different types and features. It was found that specific characteristics of the software used by the pupils with ADHD symptoms stimulated their attention more than other did. Pupils with ADHD symptoms appeared to prefer reading short texts, watching short videos and listening to short narration items when they work on the computer. Furthermore, significant differences were observed on those pupils' behavior and performance in learning tasks between individual and collaborative work.

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Solomonidou, C., Garagouni-Areou, F. & Maria, Z. (1996). Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and pupils with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms: do the software and the instruction method affect the behavior?. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia. Charlottesville, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 11, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/4673.