Design contributions to the preparation of teaching materials suitable for children with ADHD

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https://doi.org/10.51358/id.v21i2.1134

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This article is inserted in context of teaching-learning of children with ADHD. Its objective was to propose guidelines for the development of teaching materials aimed at students with ADHD in the initial grades of elementary school. The study has an analytical nature and it was based on qualitative data obtained from a semi-structured interview with a psychopedagogue, a specialist in teaching and learning of children with neurodevelopmental and learning disorders. Data collection also involved the analysis of tests questions applied to a 7-year-old child with ADHD, a second-year elementary school student. The sample brought together 9 questions taken from school tests. Based on the information obtained, content analysis was conducted, crossing it with the adopted theoretical framework, which brought together the areas of Education and Design. The results include: the identification of characteristics of the analyzes teaching materials that do not contribute to the understanding of the content by children with ADHD; proposition of ten guidelines to the visual structuring of teaching materials that help directing students’ attentional focus. The study also identified opportunities for further research in the area.

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Fernanda Pozza da Costa, Universidade da Região de Joinville - UNIVILLE

Master's degree in Information Systems Design (2012, UFPR - Curitiba/PR), specialist in Marketing (2008, Unifae - Curitiba/PR), Bachelor's degree in Design with a major in Visual Programming (2002, Univille - Joinville/SC). Professor and researcher at the Universidade da Região de Joinville - Univille, for the undergraduate Design and Visual Arts courses. Among the subjects she teaches are Image and Photography Project, Marketing, Information Design, Design Research Project, Photography and Art, Strategic Design Management, Branding, Business Design, Instructional Design and Guidance Systems. She carries out research in the areas of Photography, Visual Ergonomics, Information Design and Universal Design for Learning. She's currently a PhD student in Design at the Federal University of Santa Catarina - UFSC, where she's developing research into Design and Education, with a focus on teaching and learning for children with ADHD.

Ricardo Triska, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC

Under graduate at Computer Science at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (1984), master degree: Information Science at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1993); ph.d.: Production Engineering at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2000). Professor at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Design PhD Program and Master Degree Program. Main research activities on Design experience, Information design and Information system and services planning. Coordinate of Architecture, Urbanism and Design area at CAPES (National Agency for post graduate programs at Ministry of Education, Brazil) from October, 2011 up to March, 2018. Visiting Professor at School of Art + Design (University os Illinois at Urbana - Champaign) under CAPES/PVEX scholarship program.

Giselle Schmidt Alves Díaz Merino, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina - UDESC

CNPq Researcher - PQ 1D in the area of Design. Coordinator and Full Member of the CNPq Design Advisory Committee. Professor in the Department of Design at Santa Catarina State University (UDESC), working on undergraduate courses in Design (Industrial and Graphic). Professor in the Postgraduate Program in Design at Santa Catarina State University and the Postgraduate Program in Design at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). She received the CAPES Thesis Award (2020) as a supervisor in the area of Architecture, Urbanism and Design. Post-Doctorate in Human Factors from the State University of Santa Catarina with an internship at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain (2017). PhD in Production Engineering, with an emphasis on Product and Process Engineering in the Design Project Methodologies research line from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2014). Master's degree in Design from the Graduate Program in Design in the Design Management line of research at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2010). Degree in Design from the State University of Santa Catarina (1997). Courses at the University of Salamanca (Spain). She has a degree in Group Processes and Team Coordination. She has been a member of the Design Management Center (NGD) and the Design and Usability Laboratory (LDU) at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) since 2000. He teaches courses in: Design Management; Human-Centered Design; Ergonomics and Usability in Products and Services; Design Project Methodologies; Packaging Design; Assistive Technologies, among others. He supervises undergraduate and postgraduate students at specialization, master's, doctoral and post-doctoral levels. Projects in partnership with UFPE (Occupational Therapy and Engineering), UFPB (Design). Her research focuses on: Design Management; Design and Health; Human-Centered Design; Assistive Technology; Universal/Inclusive Design in Products and Services. She leads the research group Human-Centered Design: interprofessionality - a project approach. 

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2024-10-18

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Pozza da Costa, F., Triska, R., & Schmidt Alves Díaz Merino, G. (2024). Design contributions to the preparation of teaching materials suitable for children with ADHD. InfoDesign - Journal of Information Design, 21(2). https://doi.org/10.51358/id.v21i2.1134

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Vol. 21 No. 2 (2024)

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