Categories Of Difficulties Research Articles

PENGEMBANGAN INSTRUMEN LITERASI SAINS MATERI LARUTAN ELEKTROLIT DAN NON ELEKTROLIT UNTUK SISWA SMK KELAS X

This study aims to reveal the feasibility, quality, and characteristics of scientific literacy assessment instruments with electrolyte and non-electrolyte solutions, to measure students' scientific literacy skills in electrolyte and non-electrolyte solutions. This study uses the development model of Oriondo and Dallo-Antonio which consists of five stages, namely planning for making assessment instruments, testing instruments, determining empirical validity, determining reliability, and interpreting scores. The initial product of the assessment instrument was validated by two experts, and one chemistry teacher. This research was conducted in three state vocational schools in Lubuklinggau City with a total of 30 students as research subjects. Data collection through developed assessment instruments. The test results of the assessment instrument were analyzed using Rasch's Item Response Theory model with the help of the Winstep 3.73 program. The chemical literacy ability assessment instrument consisting of 25 essay questions was declared feasible and valid with a minimum value of 0.75 and 0.79 on the Aiken index. The results of empirical validation show that 20 items are valid in the analysis of the results of the first trial and there are 17 items as the final product. The final product of the instrument consists of three categories of difficulty, including three items in the difficult category, 12 items in the medium category, and two items in the easy category. The assessment instrument has a high reliability score, namely the Cronbach alpha value of 0.86 in the first trial; 0.92 trial II; and 0.89 in trial III. The profile of students' scientific literacy ability is generally good, in terms of context,

Difficulties in Remote Learning: Voices of Philippine University Students in the Wake of COVID-19 Crisis

Most educational systems across the world have migrated to remote learning modality as a measure against the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This phenomenon is causing a lot of difficulties especially as voiced out by students in the context of developing countries. This paper attempts to describe the difficulties in remote learning of university students in the Philippines in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. Following a mainly qualitative research design, this study surveyed a pool of purposively and conveniently selected students currently enrolled in a tertiary institution. The result of the content analysis revealed the following categories of difficulties in remote learning: unstable internet connectivity; inadequate learning resources; electric power interruptions; vague learning contents; overloaded lesson activities; limited teacher scaffolds; poor peer communication; conflict with home responsibilities; poor learning environment; financial related problems; physical health compromises; and mental health struggles. Based on the result, cogent recommendations are discussed at the end of the study.

On the Cover: Is my Test Speeded?

“Is my test speeded?” is a question that test developers should ask when developing a power test, a test that measures ability rather than speed. A test is not speeded if most test takers have sufficient time to answer all test questions in the time allotted. One way to check the speededness of a test is to compute the completion rate – that is, the proportion of test takers who answered the test questions at the end of the test. When the time spent on test questions is available, the second way to evaluate the speededness is to compare the time spent on the questions at the end to the time spent on the questions in the beginning. The graphic shows the average response times for items according to their position in the test sequence and their difficulty (i.e., proportion of correct responses). The visual here answers the following research questions: 1) “Is there a general downward trend in mean item response times toward the end of the test, controlling for item difficulty?” and 2) “Do items become more difficult at the end of the test?” The plot shows data from multiple 60-item modules on a high-stakes certification exam. This graph was generated using the R package ggplot2 (Wickham, 2009), and code is available upon request. The solid black line is the grand mean response time by item position across all modules. First, as indicated by the solid black line, it does not appear that item response times are generally decreasing toward the end of the test, indicating that examinees are not “speeding up” as they reach the time limit. Second, the colored lines, indicating the trends in average response time by position as a function of item difficulty, show that more difficult items take more time to complete than easier items, but this relationship does not depend on item position. That is, items do not become more difficult if placed at the end of the test. Overall, the graphic suggests this exam is not speeded. Interested readers may contact Bozhidar M. Bashkov ([email protected]) for questions on this graph or the code to create it. I would recommend readers try varying the number of categories of item difficulty when creating the graph. The comparison may look sharper with a small number of categories – for example, three.

Our Experience of Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy: Technique and Results

Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) is considered an effective modern minimally invasive surgical intervention and is an alternative to open partial nephrectomy (OPN) in the surgical treatment of kidney cancer.The objective: to provide modern evidence of the effectiveness of LPN in the surgical treatment of patients and to describe the further evolution of this minimally invasive technique.Materials and methods. We prospectively analyzed the data of 63 patients who underwent LPN for clinically localized kidney cancer since September 2015 to October2019 in the urology clinic of theNationalMilitaryClinicalHospital «GVKG» of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. LPN was performed using anOlympus endoscopic stand. Clinical data were obtained through a prospective analysis of surgical interventions, including intra- and postoperative results and complications. Descriptive statistical analysis and a multivariate logistic regression model were used to predict surgical outcomes.Results. The average age of the patients was 60.7 years; the average preoperative tumor size was33.0 mm. According to the PADUA-scale, 22 (35.0 %) patients were categorized as low difficulty, 23 (36.5 %) to the intermediate difficulty category and 18 (28.5 %) to the high difficulty category. All patients had transperitoneal access. The average surgery time was 156 minutes. The average blood loss was 171 ml. Overall, significant postoperative complications occurred in 2 (3.2 %) patients (Clavien-Dindo >2). We did not find any statistically significant differences between pre- and postoperative level of creatinine (p<0.05). In general, optimal surgical results, including analysis of the surgical margin, degree of ischemia, and level of complications, were achieved in 44 (69.8 %) patients. During an average of 26 months of observation, only two local and two distant metastases were recorded. In the end, using the multivariate logistic regression model, it was revealed that the degree of complexity of the tumor was associated with a greater risk of obtaining a non-optimal surgical result.Conclusions. LPN is an effective minimally invasive alternative to OPN in the treatment of clinically localized renal cell carcinoma. We presented the current experience of the use of LPN in the surgical treatment of kidney cancer. LPN, as it turned out, is an effective and safe minimally invasive operation that provides optimal results in most patients with varying degrees of tumor complexity.

IDENTIFIKASI KESULITAN MAHASISWA FAKULTAS BAHASA DAN SENI UNIVERSITAS NEGERI SURABAYA DALAM PENYELESAIAN STUDINYA

The study completion in undergraduate program (S1) requires the completion of thesis writing for students. The flow of thesis preparation at the Faculty of Languages and Arts (FBS), Universitas Negeri Surabaya (Unesa), has followed the Thesis Writing Guidebook issued by FBS Unesa. In the manual, the requirements and procedures for writing a thesis are clearly written. But even so, there are still many students who have not been able to complete their thesis writing on time, which hinders the completion of their studies. Therefore, it is necessary to identify students' difficulties in completing their studies, especially at the thesis writing stage. From the results of the distribution of research instruments in the form of questionnaires, it was concluded that there were five categories of difficulties faced by students, namely: 1) Difficulties in submitting / selecting research titles, 2) Difficulties in the consultation process, 3) Difficulties in data collection and processing, 4) Difficulties in the examination process, and 5) Difficulty in the revision process.

Post-COVID-19 return to elective orthopaedic surgery-is rescheduling just a reboot process? Which timing for tests? Is chest CT scan still useful? Safety of the first hundred elective cases? How to explain the "new normality health organization" to patients?

PurposeThe long incubation period and asymptomatic spread of COVID-19 present considerable challenges for health care institutions when patients return to elective surgery.MethodsA retrospective review of the first adult elective cases performed between May 18, 2020 and June 14, 2020, after the end of lockdown was analysed in Belgium to answer the following questions: (1) for the 236 cancelled patients during the outbreak, how easy was rescheduling? (2) How useful was universal RT-PCR testing and chest CT scan for the 211 orthopaedic and trauma admissions? (3) How were surgical difficulty category, number of operations and complications different when compared to the pre-COVID period? (4) How would patients balance the benefit of surgery against the unknown risk of developing COVID-19?ResultsBefore surgery, blood tests for anaesthesiology and imaging related to the surgical procedure were scheduled prior to universal testing (COVID-19 PCR and chest CT) performed 72–120 hours before surgery. Among the 211 asymptomatic patients who were tested before surgery, six had positive PCR, while no abnormality was found on the chest CT scan of all the patients. With this timing for tests, the 104 patients included in the current study for elective surgery were free of disease before undergoing surgery and remained without COVID-19 after surgery. Among the 366 cancelled patients during the outbreak, only 12% of the patients accepted to proceed with rescheduling immediately. Therefore, this resulted in a 70% reduction for elective surgery and in a 50% reduction for arthroplasties as compared to pre-COVID period. The rate of complications was not increased during the post-COVID period. A portion of patients have confused idea of screening and have difficulty to perceive the new rules of health organization.ConclusionsResumption of elective surgical procedures appears more difficult for patients than for surgeons with a low percentage of cancelled patients accepting to reschedule surgery. Universal testing allowed securing patients; however, surgeons must explore better patient perceptions regarding COVID-19 to facilitate a fully informed decision in the current period.

Kecemasan Pada Anak Prasekolah

Anxiety is a part of every child's development. Anxiety can arise because of the attitude of parents who are too protective of children. That causes the child to need to worry if he is not with his parents and afraid that his friends will hurt him. This study aims to describe the level of difficulty of preschoolers in Magelang. This research uses quantitative descriptive methods. Samples in this study were taken 108 respondents, who were taken by random sampling technique. Data collection uses questionnaires with items about participation categories. The results showed that 45.4% of children belonged to the general discussion group, 36.1% were in the social insurance category, 44.4% were included in the category of obsessive compulsive difficulties, 43.5% challenges of physical injury, and 38% of children would be it's hard to separate from parents. Then it can be seen on average from the scale that has been answered by respondents, as many as 26.9% of children who use physical difficulties done by others against them, even though it is not certain to happen to them.

Barriers in care for children with life-threatening conditions: a qualitative interview study in the Netherlands.

ObjectiveTo identify barriers, as perceived by parents, to good care for children with life-threatening conditions.DesignIn a nationwide qualitative study, we held in-depth interviews regarding end-of-life care with parents of children (aged 1 to 12 years) who were living with a life-threatening illness or who had died after a medical trajectory (a maximum of 5 years after the death of the child). Sampling was aimed at obtaining maximum variety for a number of factors. The interviews were transcribed and analysed.SettingThe Netherlands.Participants64 parents of 44 children.ResultsParents identified six categories of difficulties that create barriers in the care for children with a life-threatening condition. First, parents wished for more empathetic and open communication about the illness and prognosis. Second, organisational barriers create bureaucratic obstacles and a lack of continuity of care. Third, parents wished for more involvement in decision-making. Fourth, parents wished they had more support from the healthcare team on end-of-life decision-making. Fifth, parents experienced a lack of attention for the family during the illness and after the death of their child. Sixth, parents experienced an overemphasis on symptom-treatment and lack of attention for their child as a person.ConclusionsThe barriers as perceived by parents focussed almost without exception on non-medical aspects: patient-doctor relationships; communication; decision-making, including end-of-life decision-making; and organisation. The perceived barriers indicate that care for children with a life-threatening condition focusses too much on symptoms and not enough on the human beings behind these symptoms.

ANALISIS FAKTOR-FAKTOR KESULITAN MENULIS HURUF ABJAD BAHASA ARAB

The problem behind this research is that students’ difficulty in writing the letters ofthe Arabic alphabet and connecting letters to a word. The purpose of this researchis to find out the factors that cause students difficulties in writing Arabic alphabetletters. This research method uses descriptive qualitative research design with acase study approach.The results of the research has shows that students were stillvery difficult in writing Arabic alphabet. The student’s category of difficulty is thedifficulty in writing the letters of the Arabic alphabet either standing or straying,and the placement of the letters is still wrong. Then the letter writing which isconsidered difficult is the letters . د, ذ, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ف, ق, م, و, هــ يAs for thecauses of students’ difficulty in writing the letter of the Arabic alphabet, it comesfrom both internal and external factors. Internal factors include students do notmemorize the letters of the Arabic alphabet, lack of talent, interest and motivation.External factors include means and less supportive learning infrastructure, and thelearning methods and media used by the teacher are less varied.

Career Indecision and Coping Strategies among Undergraduate Students

ABSTRACTThis study aimed at advancing the literature in the field of career indecision by enhancing the understanding of the association between career indecision and strategies for coping with career indecision. Based on an online survey given to 321 undergraduate students enrolled in hospitality courses, the results provided categories of difficulties and perceived effective strategies for coping with career indecision. Students had greater difficulty in the category Lack of readiness followed by Inconsistent information, and then Lack of information. Also, Productive coping strategies were perceived as most effective, followed by Support-seeking coping strategies and then Nonproductive coping strategies. Furthermore, some categories of difficulty and coping strategies were perceived differently by gender, decision status, perceived decisional difficulties, and decisional distress. Findings from this study have implications not only for future theoretical work on career indecision but also for career counseling regarding career indecision.

Grading of Bag-Mask Ventilation Difficulty and Association with Unanticipated Difficult Laryngoscopy/Intubation in Children at a Training Center University Hospital: A Prospective Cohort Study

Objective: In children, the grading of Bag-Mask Ventilation (BMV) difficulty and its association with difficult laryngoscopy/intubation has not been well established. This study aimed to evaluate the grading for BMV difficulty and determine its association with difficult laryngoscopy/intubation in a normal airway pediatric population. Methods: This prospective cohort study was conducted in children aged ≤9 years who underwent general anesthesia and oroendotracheal tube intubation between September 2008 and December 2012. Difficult laryngoscopy was defined as a Cormack–Lehane laryngoscopic view grade of 3 or 4. Difficult intubation was defined as the occurrence of at least two of the following: 1) at least three intubation attempts using direct laryngoscopy by experienced personnel (excluding first intubation attempts); 2) intubation time >300 s; and 3) occurrence of desaturation (SpO2<95%). The use of open airway maneuvers, including continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), oropharyngeal airway (OPA), and two-person ventilation (TPV), or unsuccessful BMV were also considered. The association between BMV difficulty and difficult laryngoscopy/intubation was assessed using multivariate logistic regression with adjusted odds ratios (OR), 95% confidence intervals (CIs), and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). Results: The incidence of difficult laryngoscopy/intubation was 6.4% (49/765). The categories of BMV difficulty were grade 0 (easy BMV without requiring an open airway maneuver, n=308), grade 1 (easy BMV after applying CPAP, n=368), grade 2 (successful BMV after inserting an OPA, n=16), grade 3 (successful BMV after applying TPV, n=71), and grade 4 (unsuccessful BMV after applying all airway maneuvers, n=2). Difficult BMV was defined as a BMV grade of 3 or 4 (v/s grades 0-2). After adjusting for age, body weight, history of snoring, type of operation, use of neuromuscular blocking agents, and first laryngoscopist, BMV difficulty was significantly associated with difficult laryngoscopy/intubation (adjusted OR [95% CI]=2.5 [1.1-5.5], sensitivity 0.59, specificity 0.74, AUC=0.70). Conclusion: A BMV grade of 3 (requiring TPV) or 4 (unsuccessful BMV) was associated with difficult laryngoscopy/ intubation in a pediatric population.

СОПРОВОЖДЕНИЕ САМООБРАЗОВАНИЯ В ДИСТАНЦИОННОЙ ПРОГРАММЕ ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОЙ ПЕРЕПОДГОТОВКИ ТЬЮТОРОВ

Introduction. The paper addresses the issue of support of the students involved in a fully online retraining program, which imposes special requirements on the development of the self-education ability. The study aims to establish the conditions for organizing the support of self-education in a digital educational environment. Materials and methods. The study relies on the methodology proposed by G.N. Prozumentova for reconstructing the innovative experience to analyze the reflexive text materials of the Logbook of students of the retraining program; to identify the points of stress, misunderstanding, breaks, and transitions during training; and make an analytical generalization. Results of the study. Categories of difficulties encountered by students of the program in their self-educational activity were identified, and the conditions necessary to support self-education were established. These are points of self-determination, professional trials, points of reflection, and individual educational route. Conclusion. In the context of restrictive measures during the pandemic and the transition to the online educational process, self-skills related to self-education, i.e., self-organization, independence, and self-determination, become essential. These competences are an indispensable part of the work of a tutor. However, before the tutor can support someone, they need to build these self skills themselves. The established conditions in the retraining programs will facilitate this process. At the same time, additional studies are required to reveal in more detail the individual progress of a person under these conditions for building a model for supporting the development of self-education ability, and to determine the methods for tutors to provide the support of this progress. Keywords. Self-education, self-determination, individual educational route, professional retraining, tutor, digital environment, self skills.

A rational approach to manage surgical procedures in COVID Era - A perspective based on experience in a private referral hospital.

Background and Aims:COVID-19 disease has imposed challenges in caring for non-Covid elective surgical patients. As elective surgeries become essential, we propose to evaluate our approach and outcomes of surgical procedures performed during the initial period of COVID-19 pandemic so as to provide a road-map for safer approach.Material and Methods:We retrospectively evaluated outcomes in patients who underwent essential elective and emergency surgeries during the 5-week period between April 18, 2020 and May 28, 2020. All patients were screened at the front desk on their arrival to identify possible exposure to SARS- CoV-2. Nasopharyngeal swab of patients requiring hospital admission was tested for COVID-19 by quantitative RT-PCR. Patients needing essential elective surgery were taken up for surgery if they tested negative for COVID-19. Emergency procedures were undertaken in a demarcated theatre for COVID after taking level-3 protection without delay. The clinical data was reviewed and analysed.Results:A total of 764 surgical procedures were conducted, of which 70.7% were elective essential surgeries, with 95.4% of these patients being discharged in stable healthy condition. Approximately 23% of the elective and 26% of the emergency surgeries was categorised in the surgical difficulty category III and majority of these were performed under general anesthesia. Postoperative mortality was 1.04%, but the overall mortality rate was approximately 2.5%. Only two patients (0.3%) tested positive for COVID-19 in our series.Conclusion:A robust preoperative screening and testing can enable safe scheduling of essential elective surgeries.

Creation of the «soludable» sun protection accreditation program for schools

IntroductionSun exposure during childhood is the main risk factor for skin cancer in later life. School-based sun protection policies and practices have proven to be the most effective and cost-effective strategies for preventing skin cancer. ObjectiveTo develop a sun protection accreditation program known as «Soludable» (a play on the Spanish words sol [sun] and saludable [healthy]) to objectively identify schools that actively promote sun protection behaviors among students. MethodsThe consensus method used was a 2-round Delphi technique with input from a panel of experts. We then calculated the median scores for the importance and feasibility of each of the recommendations proposed and the level of complexity assigned to each recommendation by counting the percentage of experts who chose each difficulty category. ResultsThe resulting accreditation model consists of 14 recommendations with corresponding evaluation criteria divided into 7 domains: 1) organizational leadership (5 recommendations), 2) effective communication (2 recommendations), 3) structural elements (2 recommendations), 4) training of professionals (1 recommendation), 5) school curriculum (1 recommendation),6) behavioral models (2 recommendations), and 7) student habits (1 recommendation). A high level of agreement among experts was observed for all recommendations, in terms of both their perceived importance and feasibility and their categorization by levels of complexity. ConclusionsThis is the first sun protection accreditation program developed for Spanish schools. Studies are needed to evaluate how this program is received and how it affects students’ sun protection behaviors.

Constitutional and ethical medical points of view on the importance of hospitalization of a patient with emergency cardiovascular pathology

The article discusses the constitutional, ethical and medical aspects of hospitalization of patients with a life-threatening cardiovascular event. In itself, a medical condition is a complex biological event with many unpredictable aspects of its own course and adverse events and reactions in case of medical intervention. A doctor, as the central subject of medical care, faces four categories of difficulties: law, organizational, biomedical and ethical. Medical care is regulated by both article 41 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and departmental acts of the health care system. Actually, doctor as a part of the healthcare system implement this right. The article provides an example of delivered judgment regarding complicated course of acute coronary syndrome. It shows the complexity of the medical situation, that regards the issues of doctor’s legal liability.

Creación del distintivo Soludable: un modelo de certificación en fotoprotección para centros escolares

IntroductionSun exposure during childhood is the main risk factor for skin cancer in later life. School-based sun protection policies and practices have proven to be the most effective and cost-effective strategies for preventing skin cancer. ObjectiveTo develop a sun protection accreditation program known as «Soludable» (a play on the Spanish words sol [sun] and saludable [healthy]) to objectively identify schools that actively promote sun protection behaviors among students. MethodsThe consensus method used was a 2-round Delphi technique with input from a panel of experts. We then calculated the median scores for the importance and feasibility of each of the recommendations proposed and the level of complexity assigned to each recommendation by counting the percentage of experts who chose each difficulty category. ResultsThe resulting accreditation model consists of 14 recommendations with corresponding evaluation criteria divided into 7 domains: 1) organizational leadership (5 recommendations), 2) effective communication (2 recommendations), 3) structural elements (2 recommendations), 4) training of professionals (1 recommendation), 5) school curriculum (1 recommendation), 6) behavioral models (2 recommendations), and 7) student habits (1 recommendation). A high level of agreement among experts was observed for all recommendations, in terms of both their perceived importance and feasibility and their categorization by levels of complexity. ConclusionsThis is the first sun protection accreditation program developed for Spanish schools. Studies are needed to evaluate how this program is received and how it affects students’ sun protection behaviors.

An analysis of Javanese language test characteristic using the Rasch model in R program

One skill required to solve a problem in the 21st century is communication. Two international languages that are important in communication and thought at school are English and German language. However, beside international language, the local language, such as the Javanese language, is also essential and need to be maintained. The purpose of this study is to analyze the Javanese language test characteristics. This study was explorative research with secondary data collected by documentation of 220 students responses to the 50 multiple choice item of Javanese language test in the 11th grade of vocational high school. Data were analyzed using the Rasch model assisted by R program. Rasch model fits the data with 42 items after three times calibration. Based on difficulty level, ICC, and items reliability, there were 28 of 42 items (66.67%) that were good. This study finds out that generally, the Javanese language test is in the moderate category of difficulty. Hence, the need of evaluating the Javanese language test to make a better test that gives more accurate information about examinees' ability is crucial. The evaluation of the Javanese language test can be used to plan the next learning to get better Javanese language learning.

Las actitudes hacia las matemáticas de estudiantes de formación inicial de profesorado en México

El objetivo del estudio fue analizar las actitudes hacia las matemáticas en los estudiantes de forma-ción inicial de profesorado con la finalidad determi-nar su valoración con respecto a las dimensiones de utilidad, dificultad, agrado, ansiedad y autoconcep-to hacia esta asignatura. El tipo de investigación fue un enfoque cuantitativo con alcance correlacional. La muestra estuvo conformada por 383 participan-tes. El instrumento empleado fue un cuestionario con preguntas tipo Likert para obtener la informa-ción respectiva, la cual se organizó y analizó me-diante la estadística descriptiva e inferencial. Los hallazgos relevantes fueron que el alumnado posee una actitud media baja hacia la dificultad, agrado, ansiedad y autoconcepto, pero con una actitud me-dia alta hacia la utilidad. La principal conclusión fue que los participantes poseen actitudes negativas hacia las matemáticas en las categorías de agrado, ansiedad, dificultad y autoconcepto, pero recono-cieron su utilidad como disciplina.

Optimum virtual environment for solving cognitive tasks by individuals with autism spectrum disorders: The questions and methods of design

The number of people with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) is growing in Russia and the world at large. It is important to find ways to diagnose and correct the work with such individuals. There is much evidence that children with ASDs often exhibit pronounced communicative difficulties, problems in establishing visual contact etc. Specialists working with this category of patients face serious difficulties in trying to find effective ways to interact with them. The use of virtual reality environments that have the necessary parameters, determined theoretically, experimentally, and practically, can mitigate these difficulties. The study has shown that, at present, there is much experience in the field of virtual reality application while working with children who have ASDs. Nevertheless, there are several unspecified issues. First, as far as the perception of virtual reality by people with ASDs are concerned, it is especially important to study them. Of much importance are the peculiarities of their states associated with virtual reality, while solving cognitive tasks during diagnostic and corrective work stage, as well as in obtaining education. It is necessary to choose the right methods of visualization and interaction in a virtual environment. The focal point of the article is to justify the project of creating a virtual reality for the diagnosis and socialization of individuals with ASDs, i.e., its structure, stages and methods. In addition, the work is of interest in connection with the research of the phenomenon of presence in virtual reality.

Let’s Play a Game! Kin-LDD: A Tool for Assisting in the Diagnosis of Children with Learning Difficulties

This paper presents an alternative approach for the diagnosis of learning difficulties in children. A game-based evaluation study, using Kinaesthetic Learning Difficulties Diagnosis (Kin-LDD), was performed during the actual diagnosis procedure for the identification of learning difficulties. Kin-LDD is a serious game that provides a gesture-based interface and incorporates spatial and time orientation activities. These activities assess children’s cognitive attributes while they are using their motor skills to interact with the game. The aim of this work was to introduce the fun parameter to the diagnostic process, provide a useful tool for the special educators and investigate potential correlations between in-game metrics and the diagnosis outcome. An experiment was conducted in which 30 children played the game during their official assessment for the diagnosis of learning difficulties at the Center for Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis and Support. Performance metrics were collected automatically while the children were playing the game. These metrics, along with questionnaires appropriate for children and post-session interviews were later analyzed and the findings are presented in the paper. According to the results: (a) children evaluated the game as a fun experience, (b) special educators claimed it was helpful to the diagnostic procedure, and (c) there were statistically significant correlations between in-game metrics and the category of learning difficulty the child was characterized with.