Evaluation of The Impact of TeKnow Educational Game on Autistic
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https://doi.org/10.37134/saecj.vol14.2.8.2025Keywords:
Autistic, autism, educational games, university-community collaboration, cognitive development, emotional supportAbstract
This study explores how students with autism at the National Autism Society of Malaysia (NASOM) react to an educational game designed by lecturers from UiTM Cawangan Pulau Pinang. A total of 27 students took part in the TeKnow educational game. We evaluated their perceptions in several areas, including cognitive development, community-university collaboration, emotional and social support, motivation, interest in the game and overall satisfaction through a pre- and post-survey analysis. The results indicate a general improvement across most areas, with particularly major changes in students' views about motivation, community-university collaboration and cognitive development. These results suggest that structured educational games can serve as inclusive teaching tools to support both the social and cognitive development of children with autism.
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