KEMBARA: AN ANDROID APPLICATION TO INCREASE ATTENTION SPAN OF CHILDREN WITH ADHD

• Main Author: NIK AHMAD BUKHARI BIN NIK ABDUL MUBIN, NIK AHMAD
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2012
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/3918/1/12778_-_NIK_AHMAD_BUKHARI_B._NIK_ABDUL_MUBIN.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/3918/

This a project that first studies the criteria of activities and things those children with ADHD finds attractive. Those criteria will be used as a platform to develop a mobile application to assist children with ADHD increase their attention span. In order to achieve that, qualitative depth surveys were undertaken in the locations of the parents of children with ADHD. An expert in childhood studies was also interviewed. It is found out that, children with ADHD displayed high mobile phone usage as well as addictive behavior towards playing mobile phones, which indicates hyper focusing. This condition can be taken advantage of, turning mathematics into mobile applications. Solving simple numerical problems can promote thinking and learning in mathematics as well as in other areas. In addition, visual cues to help stimulate the thinking process of the children with ADHD. Initial survey showed that there is a market for mobile application for ADHD children.