THE USE OF COMPUTER MEDIA ON DYSGRAPHIA CHILDREN IN LEARNING WRITING

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According to O’hare et Brown (1989), dysgraphia is development tardiness or an anomaly or disturbance in writing. It is a permanent and continued disruption in writing ability as well as functional disruption that is indicated by inability in making movement: very slow movement or very quick movement, so that the writing is unreadable and unorganized. Formulation of problem in this article is how the use of computer media on children with dysgraphia in writing ability. The aim is to figure out the writing ability of children with dysgraphia with the use of computer media. Dysgraphia sufferers focus their attention on the picture of letter. They can not write, hear, and think simultaneously at the same time, as of writing activity is such cognitif burden for them (Duband 2015:12). Concentration and eye coordination, as well as hands movement to write are hard ordeal for disgraphia sufferers. So that it needs to teach them how to write by pressing keyboard buttons in computer in order to reduce their ordeal. Computer media is able to help children with dysgraphia in learning how to write. It is not necessary for them to hold pencil to write as holding pencil is one of difficulty for them. Therefore computer media can reduce fear level of children with dysgraphia in learning writing.

Nama Prosiding : THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY 2016
ISSN : 978-602-74564-1-9
Tahun : 2016
Peneliti : Oktarina Puspita Wardani , Meilan Arsanti,M.Pd,
Diunggah tanggal : Minggu, 2018-05-27