roghieh asadi; Abbas nesaeian; shahla pezeshk; Janet hashemiazar; gholamreza sarami; marziye sina
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The present study was designedfor investigate the effect of role playing on social skills in students with mild intellectual disability. This was a quasi-experimental research with pre- post test. 14 student 14-16 years old with mild intellectual disability were selected using convenience sampling method. ...
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The present study was designedfor investigate the effect of role playing on social skills in students with mild intellectual disability. This was a quasi-experimental research with pre- post test. 14 student 14-16 years old with mild intellectual disability were selected using convenience sampling method. The subjects were randomly assigned into two control and experimental groups. Research instrument was Gresham and Elliott Social Skills Rating system (1990). Parents and teachers completed questionnaire of social skills for all subjects. The experimental group participated in a training program during 20 sessions. In this program 10 social skills were taught through role playing method. After this stage, social skills questionnaires were completed again for all subjects (control and experimental group). Data obtained from the pre- test and post -test were analyzed using Covariance Analysis. Results showed that role playing training had not significant effect on social skills in student with mild intellectual disability. Findings can be used to develop social skills training program for children with mild intellectual disability.
sakineh SoltaniKouhbanani; hamid alizadeh; Janet Hashemi; Gholamreza Sarami; Sajedeh SoltaniKouhbanani
Volume 3, Issue 11 , March 2013, , Pages 1-20
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The present research aims to study the effect ofcomputer-aided working memory training on executive functions and mathperformances in students with mathematics disorders. This was aquasi-experimental research. From among all the students in centers forlearning disorders, 20 female students with mathematics ...
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The present research aims to study the effect ofcomputer-aided working memory training on executive functions and mathperformances in students with mathematics disorders. This was aquasi-experimental research. From among all the students in centers forlearning disorders, 20 female students with mathematics disorder studying atthe 3rd, 4th and 5th grades of elementaryschools in the educational year 2011-2012 in Tehran were selected usingconvenience sampling method. The subjects were randomly assigned into the twocontrol and experiment groups. the Key Math Diagnostic Arithmetic Test as wellas executive functions tests (including the Tower of London Test, theContinuous Performance Test and Stroop test cards) were carried out on thesubjects. Then, the experiment group (including students with mathematicsdisorder) received 20 sessions of computer-aided working memory training in 7weeks. Afterwards, all the subjects (both experiment and control groups) wereassessed in terms of executive functions and math performances. It isnoteworthy that the control group did not receive any training. Both groupsreceived only the school trainings. One month later, the post-test wasadministrated. The results of the pre-test and post-test were analyzed usingt-test. The results showed that computer-aided working memory training had asignificant effect on executive functions and math performances of studentswith mathematics disorder, and could improve it. The findings of this researchcan be used in neurological and educational interferences