Educational Multimedia App for Dyslexia Literacy Intervention: A Preliminary Evaluation

This paper describes the results of a preliminary evaluation of an educational multimedia app containing information and videos of some exemplary techniques in performing reading intervention towards children with dyslexia. The activities encompassed an evaluation with content expert, heuristic evaluation with courseware experts and a pilot study. The evaluation activities revealed some minor errors in the app and were used to make refinement. The pilot study was carried out to evaluate the effects of the app towards learners by employing a pre-test and post-test with a sample of target respondents (n=30). They were special education pre-service teachers who were in their fourth semester. Subjects were administered with two instruments about knowledge and self-efficacy belief in dyslexia literacy intervention, before and after using the app. The results revealed mean increase in subjects' knowledge and self-efficacy belief after receiving the treatment.

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