Designing an App for Remotely Children’s Spelling Assessment

A type of spelling test is a regular activity in children’s literacy classes. This traditional paper-based test has application details that need in-person administration. However, the pandemic period required several class adjustments to distance learning and did not exist a digital solution to aid professionals in this assessment. Therefore, our goal is to provide a method to perform spelling assessments for children, even remotely. Using the Design Science Research Methodology, we describe the design study to develop an artifact for children’s spelling tests in this work. We report as findings expectations of literacy professionals and parents for that, and a usability inspection by experts in the artifact developed. The prototype evaluation indicates approximately 73% adherence to specific children’s design recommendations guidelines, more outstanding adhesion than those previously evaluated by the literature using the same guideline. These results indicate our artifact is feasible and can aid children’s literacy in remote learning.