E-drawings as an evaluation method with deaf children

  • Authors:
  • Ornella Mich

  • Affiliations:
  • Fondazione Bruno Kessler, POVO - TN, Italy

  • Venue:
  • The proceedings of the 13th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

This paper describes a pilot test on the use of a drawing software program as an evaluation method for experiments with deaf children. As deaf children are visual learners, evaluation methods based on drawings seem to be a good alternative to traditional ones. We tested the effectiveness of such a method with a group of deaf children, all raised orally apparently without any knowledge of sign language, and a few hearing children, from eight to fourteen years old. As a testbed, we evaluated the readability of a set of stories, part of a literacy software tool for deaf children. All participants were relaxed and collaborative during the test. The results are promising.