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 Volume 12, Issue 2 (February 2025), Pages: 112-117

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 Original Research Paper

Developing moral awareness in children with autism: The use of educational game applications in learning

 Author(s): 

 Ahsan Romadlon Junaidi 1, Muchamad Irvan 1, Muhammad Nurrohman Jauhari 2, *, Haida Umiera Hashim 3, Umi Safiul Ummah 1, Azhar Ahmad Smaragdina 4

 Affiliation(s):

 1Department of Special Education, Faculty of Education, Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang, Indonesia
 2Department of Special Education, Faculty of Education, Universitas PGRI Adi Buana Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia
 3Academy of Language Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
 4Department of Informatics Engineering, Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang, Indonesia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2450-2836

 Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2025.02.012

 Abstract

Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (CASD) often face challenges in recognizing and understanding emotions, making it difficult for them to interpret their own emotions and those of others. These emotional and behavioral difficulties can lead to behaviors that deviate from social norms and ethical standards. This study evaluates the effectiveness of the previously developed Moral Awareness Game (MAG). An experimental method was used with 19 CASD participants and 14 teachers who provided feedback on their experiences with MAG during the learning process. Data were collected through pre-test and post-test assessments and analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis test. The findings indicate that the MAG application is effective in terms of ease of use and content quality, although improvements are needed in areas such as command delivery and the clarity of facial expressions. While previous studies have developed tools to support various skills in CASD, this study introduces an innovative focus on moral education. The results suggest that MAG offers a valuable new approach for teachers to support moral development in children with CASD.

 © 2025 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Autism spectrum disorder, Moral education, Emotion recognition, Behavioral challenges, Learning applications

 Article history

 Received 18 August 2024, Received in revised form 19 December 2024, Accepted 26 January 2025

 Acknowledgment

This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Ethical considerations

Informed consent was obtained from all participants or their legal guardians, and confidentiality was maintained throughout.

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Junaidi AR, Irvan M, Jauhari MN, Hashim HU, Ummah US, and Smaragdina AA (2025). Developing moral awareness in children with autism: The use of educational game applications in learning. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 12(2): 112-117

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