Arezoo Shahmiveh Isfahani; Tahereh Heidari; Ahmad Abedi; Marzieh Tavakolniya
Volume 3, Issue 10 , March 2013, , Pages 129-144
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to determine theeffect of group plays on psychomotor development of educable mentally disabledboys (aged 5 to 7 years old). Thestatistical population of this studyincludes all boys with educable mental disability in preschool. The sampleconsists of 20 boys who are randomly ...
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The purpose of this research is to determine theeffect of group plays on psychomotor development of educable mentally disabledboys (aged 5 to 7 years old). Thestatistical population of this studyincludes all boys with educable mental disability in preschool. The sampleconsists of 20 boys who are randomly selected from three special schools inIsfahan city. Then they are randomly assigned into two experimental and controlgroups. The instrument used in this research is Lincoln Oseretsky Test of MotorProficiency and Education Group Play. A pretest is administered on both theexperimental and control groups. Then education play training is employed onthe experimental group for one mouth and 12 sessions. A post test isadministered on both groups at the end of training. The results show there is asignificant difference between the mean scores of Lincoln Oseretsky Test ofMotor Proficiency in the experimental and the control groups in the post test(p<0.001). The effect size is 69%. It is therefore concluded that group playcould increase psychomotor development in educable mentally disabled boys. Sowe can use group plays on psychomotor development in preschool children inaddition to another methods