A Study of Computer Game for Concentration and Cognition Improvement in Autistic Children

Abstract

The research aims to study autistic children toward the ability of concentration and cognitive expression by using computer game. The sample group consists of primary school’s autistic students who, at the time, were in semester 2 of the academic year of 2009 at the Khonkaen  Demonstration Primary School. These students are in a multi-level class, aged between 3 to 6 years old. They are a learning-capable group with no other kinds of disability. Five of them were selected by using direct case study method. All are in High functioning autism group. The experiment takes 5 times for 5 weeks, 30 minutes each. The tools in this research are computer game, evaluation forms, ability of concentration and cognitive expression test using computer game. This study is an experiment research that follows the one group pretest-posttest design method. The data analysis used is statistical tools such as Mean, Standard Deviation, Hypothesis Testing, and Non-Parametric Statistic.

The results of this research show that :

1. The ability of recognition of the autistic students are statistically significantly increased at the level  of 0.50.

2. The ability of emotional expression of the autistic students are statistically significantly increased at the level of 0.50.