Towards the engagement of children with ADHD using Sifteo Cube Technology

This paper examines the impact of Sifteo Cube Technology in engaging children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). ADHD is an early childhood neurodevelopmental disorder which starts as early as five years of age. The core symptoms are inattentiveness, impulsiveness, and hyperactivi...

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Main Authors:	Ibrahim Said Ahmad, Muhammad Aliyu, Saminu, Ahmad, Hafsa Kabir
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14158/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14158/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14158/1/32486-107933-1-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-141582020-02-07T11:12:42Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14158/ Towards the engagement of children with ADHD using Sifteo Cube Technology Ibrahim Said Ahmad, Muhammad Aliyu, Saminu Ahmad, Hafsa Kabir This paper examines the impact of Sifteo Cube Technology in engaging children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). ADHD is an early childhood neurodevelopmental disorder which starts as early as five years of age. The core symptoms are inattentiveness, impulsiveness, and hyperactivity. By identifying the history of games development and ADHD, the researchers explored the viability of using the kinesthetic technology of Sifteo Cubes to engage these children. Engaging children with ADHD can lead to better management of the children, administering of learning materials, or aid other therapeutic methods. To carry out this research, an adventure game playable on the Sifteo Cubes using open-source games development kit called Wildflower was developed and evaluated with children with ADHD for qualitative analysis. Results obtained from video capture and ethnography proved favourable. Sifteo Cubes can effectively engage the children for an average of 20 minutes. The results show that Sifteo Cubes is effective is in engaging children with ADHD. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14158/1/32486-107933-1-PB.pdf Ibrahim Said Ahmad, and Muhammad Aliyu, Saminu and Ahmad, Hafsa Kabir (2019) Towards the engagement of children with ADHD using Sifteo Cube Technology. Asia-Pacific Journal of Information Technology and Multimedia, 8 (2). pp. 19-29. ISSN 2289-2192 http://ejournals.ukm.my/apjitm/issue/view/1211
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description	This paper examines the impact of Sifteo Cube Technology in engaging children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). ADHD is an early childhood neurodevelopmental disorder which starts as early as five years of age. The core symptoms are inattentiveness, impulsiveness, and hyperactivity. By identifying the history of games development and ADHD, the researchers explored the viability of using the kinesthetic technology of Sifteo Cubes to engage these children. Engaging children with ADHD can lead to better management of the children, administering of learning materials, or aid other therapeutic methods. To carry out this research, an adventure game playable on the Sifteo Cubes using open-source games development kit called Wildflower was developed and evaluated with children with ADHD for qualitative analysis. Results obtained from video capture and ethnography proved favourable. Sifteo Cubes can effectively engage the children for an average of 20 minutes. The results show that Sifteo Cubes is effective is in engaging children with ADHD.
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author	Ibrahim Said Ahmad, Muhammad Aliyu, Saminu Ahmad, Hafsa Kabir
spellingShingle	Ibrahim Said Ahmad, Muhammad Aliyu, Saminu Ahmad, Hafsa Kabir Towards the engagement of children with ADHD using Sifteo Cube Technology
author_facet	Ibrahim Said Ahmad, Muhammad Aliyu, Saminu Ahmad, Hafsa Kabir
author_sort	Ibrahim Said Ahmad,
title	Towards the engagement of children with ADHD using Sifteo Cube Technology
title_short	Towards the engagement of children with ADHD using Sifteo Cube Technology
title_full	Towards the engagement of children with ADHD using Sifteo Cube Technology
title_fullStr	Towards the engagement of children with ADHD using Sifteo Cube Technology
title_full_unstemmed	Towards the engagement of children with ADHD using Sifteo Cube Technology
title_sort	towards the engagement of children with adhd using sifteo cube technology
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2019
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14158/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14158/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14158/1/32486-107933-1-PB.pdf
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Towards the engagement of children with ADHD using Sifteo Cube Technology

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