Computer-Supported Instruction in Enhancing the Performance of Dyscalculics

S. Praveen Kumar; B. William Dharma Raja

Journal on School Educational Technology Vol. 5, No. 3 (2010) pp. 36–41

The use of instructional media is an essential component of teaching-learning process which contributes to the efficiency as well as effectiveness of the teaching-learning process. Computer-supported instruction has a very important role to play as...

Web-Based Technology for Children with Learning Disabilities

S. Praveen Kumar; B. William Dharma Raja

Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 7, No. 1 (2010) pp. 8–13

Individuals with special educational needs may face difficulties in acquiring basic skills needed for learning such as reading, spelling, writing, speaking, understanding, listening, thinking or arithmetic. The difficulties they face in the learning ...

Enhancing the Performance of Learning-Disabled Children by Dint of Theatre Education

S. Praveen Kumar; B. William Dharma Raja

Journal on School Educational Technology Vol. 5, No. 2 (2009) pp. 8–14

In schools, teachers come across pupils who have diverse abilities and special needs. Some of the learners achieve high and some may lag behind in their learning. They may face learning problems such as difficulties in listening, speaking, thinking, ...

Do Multimedia Applications Benefit Learning-Disabled Children?

B. William Dharma Raja; S. Praveen Kumar

Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 6, No. 4 (2010) pp. 1–7

This paper focusses on the need and benefit of using multimedia applications to cater to the needs of children with learning disabilities. The children with special educational needs found in various schools may face difficulties in acquiring...

Will Dyscalculics Be Benefitted by Dint of Visual Learning?

S. Praveen Kumar; B. William Dharma Raja

Journal on Educational Psychology Vol. 3, No. 2 (2009) pp. 27–32

Not all children are made the same. Learning disabilities like dyslexia, dysgraphia or dyscalculia are either not understood or ignored in schools. As a result, the schoolchildren suffer for no fault of theirs and they lag behind in their course of...

A Fully Automatic Question-Answering System for Intelligent Search in E-Learning Documents

Ankush Mittal; Sumit Gupta; Praveen Kumar; Shrikant Kashyap

International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 4, No. 1 (2005) pp. 149–166

E-learning is a novel method for presenting information to students for the purpose of education. Currently a sea of information is available in the form of power point slides, FAQ and e-books. However the potential of this large body remains...

Topics: Distance Education, online learning, Educational Technology, eLearning, Learning Styles