Innovation Of Smart-Seam Ruler for Students with Special Needs in Ladies Garment Making Subject

Abstract

Smart Seam-Ruler is an innovation of Teaching Aids Material (TAM) for Special Needs Education (SNE) students in the form of a seam ruler designed to assist students in the subject of Specific Vocational Skills (KVS) program for Ladies Garment Making according to National Occupational Skills Standard (NOSS) TA-011-1:2012 during sewing practice sessions without the guidance of a teacher. This tool is used to replace the function of a regular ruler to facilitate marking on fabric for the sewing process. This product has been tested on a sample of students, and it was found that there is a shorter time taken by students when marking the fabric. In addition, observations have shown that this product helps students make accurate markings. It is recommended that a further study be conducted to review the use of this product in assisting SNE students in completing NOSS for Ladies Garment Making tasks requirement according to the schedule.