Constructivism perspective on multimedia games for hearing impaired children

Abstract

The objectives of this research include: to ensure that the development of multimedia games according to Constructivism for hearing impaired children meets the standard criteria 90/90,to encourage a comparison between recall and retention of multimedia games before and after use, and to study the attitudes of hearing impaired students toward multimedia games activities. The sampling group was seven Prathom suksa I students. The instruments were multimedia games; an achievement test; and a questionnaire for students’ opinions toward the developed multimedia games. Statistical procedures for data analysis included the E1/E2, mean, standard deviation, and t-test for dependence samples. The results reveal that the multimedia games had the efficiency at the 92.00/ 90.83 efficiency criteria, while the students’ learning achievement had higher posttest than that of the pretest with a significant difference at the 0.01 level. The students’ satisfaction in learning with the multimedia games gained the average of 4.47, which was on the high level. Keywords: Constructivism theory, multimedia games, sign language for hearing impaired children.