TY - GEN
T1 - The performance of mouse proficiency for adolescents with intellectual disabilities
AU - Wu, Ting Fang
AU - Chen, Ming Chung
AU - Wu, Chi Fen
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Information and computer technology has grown rapidly and played an essential role in our education, vocation, and daily life. However, for students with intellectual disabilities, effective cursor control is challenged. The purpose of this study is to investigate the performance of mouse control of 10 adolescents with intellectual disabilities compared with their aged peer. A mouse proficiency assessment software was utilized to collect the data. The results indicated that the adolescents with intellectual disabilities who had mouse using experience do not perform as efficient as their peers without disabilities, although they could use the mouse with high accuracy rates. The adolescents with intellectual disabilities spend less reaction time, longer total time and movement time, larger ratio of PL/TA, more movement units to complete pointing and clicking tasks. The results provide essential reference for designers of computer assisted learning software when developing e-learning material for adolescents with intellectual disabilities.
AB - Information and computer technology has grown rapidly and played an essential role in our education, vocation, and daily life. However, for students with intellectual disabilities, effective cursor control is challenged. The purpose of this study is to investigate the performance of mouse control of 10 adolescents with intellectual disabilities compared with their aged peer. A mouse proficiency assessment software was utilized to collect the data. The results indicated that the adolescents with intellectual disabilities who had mouse using experience do not perform as efficient as their peers without disabilities, although they could use the mouse with high accuracy rates. The adolescents with intellectual disabilities spend less reaction time, longer total time and movement time, larger ratio of PL/TA, more movement units to complete pointing and clicking tasks. The results provide essential reference for designers of computer assisted learning software when developing e-learning material for adolescents with intellectual disabilities.
KW - cursor control
KW - pointing and clicking tasks
KW - students with intellectual disabilities
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-14100-3_7
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-14100-3_7
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77955062571
SN - 3642140998
SN - 9783642140990
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 37
EP - 44
BT - Computers Helping People with Special Needs - 12th International Conference, ICCHP 2010, Proceedings
T2 - 12th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, ICCHP 2010
Y2 - 14 July 2010 through 16 July 2010
ER -