samira alizadeh; yousef dehghani; Farideh Sadat Hoseini; safa barzegari
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The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of easy mind method on planning, mental maintenance and academic achievement of students with math learning disabilities. The research design was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design with control group. The statistical population ...
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The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of easy mind method on planning, mental maintenance and academic achievement of students with math learning disabilities. The research design was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design with control group. The statistical population included all students referred to Bushehr Learning Disabilities Center who received a diagnosis of learning disability. Among them, 16 people (8 girls, 8 boys) who were studying in the first and second grades of elementary school were selected by purposive sampling method and were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Assessment tools included Pertussis maze test (1914), Piaget mental retention test (1969), and field researcher test to measure academic achievement. First, pre-test was performed on both groups. The experimental group received 12 sessions of easy mind therapy (45 minute) intervention but the control group did not receive any intervention. After the intervention sessions, the variables were measured again to record post-test scores.The results of covariance analysis showed that between the experimental and control groups in planning (F=8.56 and P=0.011), mental maintenance (F=96.43 and P=0.001) and academic achievement (27 F=52 and P=0.001) there was a significant difference after the implementation of the Easy Mind method and this method improved planning, mental maintenance and academic progress in mathematics.Therefore, according to the findings of the present study, the use of this method by counselors, therapists and school teachers can reduce the burden of these students by affecting the three variables mentioned.
yousef dehghani; sadegh hekmatiyan fard
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The purpose of this study was to predict of self-handicapping based on educational optimism, metacognitive beliefs and cognitive emotion regulation in students with learning disabilities. The research method was descriptive correlational. The statistical population consisted of 540 third- to fifth-grade ...
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The purpose of this study was to predict of self-handicapping based on educational optimism, metacognitive beliefs and cognitive emotion regulation in students with learning disabilities. The research method was descriptive correlational. The statistical population consisted of 540 third- to fifth-grade male primary students with all kinds of learning disabilities who had been referred by the schools to the Center for Learning Disabilities of Bushehr province’s Department of Education in 2018-2019 school year. Of these, using simple sampling and considering the requirements of the research project, 225 students were selected. The research instrument consisted of cognitive-emotional adjustment of Garnowsky et al questionnaire (2001), meta-cognitive beliefs of Wales and Carthage questionnaire (2004), academic happiness of Shirer and Carver questionnaire (1985) and Midgley self-advancement Scale (2000). The data from the implementation of the questionnaires were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and regression methods. Findings showed that Educational optimism, metacognitive beliefs and cognitive emotional regulation can predict self-handicapping of students with learning disabilities negatively (p < 0.001, R2=0/156). These results indicate that there is existence of low educational optimism, metacognitive beliefs and cognitive emotion regulation in students with learning disabilities with procrastination in academic tasks and lack of positive motivation have effective role in self-handicapping, academic failure and consequently the continuation of this disorder in these students. Therefore, it is possible to improve the educational performance and mental health of these students through training and applying appropriate educational methods. It also provides the way for all-round advancement for students with low self-handicapping.
yousef dehghani; sadegh hekmatiyan fard
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The aim of this study was to examine effectiveness of executive functions training on attention and response inhibition in students with dyscalculia. This study was semi-experimental pre-test, post-test, and follow-up with control and experimental group. The statistical population consisted of 143 students ...
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The aim of this study was to examine effectiveness of executive functions training on attention and response inhibition in students with dyscalculia. This study was semi-experimental pre-test, post-test, and follow-up with control and experimental group. The statistical population consisted of 143 students with dyscalculia who had been referred by the schools to the Center for Learning Disabilities of Boushehr province’s Department of Education in 2018-2019 school year. Of these, using convenience sampling and considering the requirements of the research project based on Malekpour Dyscalculia Diagnosis Test (1994), Wechsler Intelligence Scale of Children, the fifth Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM-5), 40 students were selected and assigned to an experimental group and a control group. The omission error and commission error sub-scales of the Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA) (Rosvold, Mirsky, Sarason, Bransome & Beck, 1956) were utilized to evaluate attention and response inhibition performance, respectively. The experimental group received 11 sessions (60 minutes each) of group training. For statistical data analysis, variance analysis with repeated measures is used. Findings showed that executive functions training has a significant effect on attention and response inhibition and this effect remains unchanged in the two-month follow-up phase. Finally, we may conclude that executive functions training, as an effective and functional intervention, could be used to improve inhibition and attention performance of students with dyscalculia.
yousef dehghani; sadegh hekmatian; marzyeh pasalari
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This research was conducted in order to compare academic hope, academic buoyancy and academic engagement in students with learning disabilities and ordinal students. The research method was causal-comparative. The statistical population of the study consisted of all student with learning disabilities ...
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This research was conducted in order to compare academic hope, academic buoyancy and academic engagement in students with learning disabilities and ordinal students. The research method was causal-comparative. The statistical population of the study consisted of all student with learning disabilities and ordinal students of Bousher City in the academic year 2017-2018. One hundred students were selected as the sample by using simple sampling method. To collect the data, academic hope, academic buoyancy and academic engagement scales were used. The data was analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). The results of analysis of multivariate variance (MANOVA) showed that there is a significant difference between students with and without learning disabilities in the academic hope, academic buoyancy and academic engagement (p <0/001). These results indicate that there is existence of low academic hope, academic buoyancy and academic engagement in student with learning disabilities.In this students procrastination with academic tasks and lack of positive motivation have an effective role in academic failure and consequently the continuation of this disorder. Therefore, is possible to improve educational performance and mental health of these students through training and applying appropriate educational methods. It also provide the way for all-round advancement for students in terms of academic hope, academic buoyancy and academic engagement.