DIGITAL GAMING: A DATA COLLECTION TOOL FOR RESEARCHING DYSCALCULIA.

Mathematics

Second National Level Interdisciplinary Seminar on "Exploring Emerging Trends and Innovation in Research in Commerce, Science & Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences”

Dyscalculia is a type of learning disability in which students have difficulty in understanding and applying arithmetical concepts and skills. They fail to recall the operations to be performed on observing mathematical symbols. ICT has proved to be a valuable tool to help these students, but further research is required in this area. A study on 141 students between the ages of 16-22 revealed that they spend time on playing digital games every day and about 66% of them are interested in learning mathematics through gaming. This paper attempts to find if and how games can be used to collect data in order to facilitate learning for students with dyscalculia.

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