saeed mohammadi molod; javad mesrabadi; Ramin Habibi-Kaleybar
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The purpose of this study was to combine the results of various researches and to reach a general conclusion on the effectiveness of educational and therapeutic interventions on learning disorders and determining the role of gender and age of the subjects on the effectiveness of educational and therapeutic ...
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The purpose of this study was to combine the results of various researches and to reach a general conclusion on the effectiveness of educational and therapeutic interventions on learning disorders and determining the role of gender and age of the subjects on the effectiveness of educational and therapeutic interventions on learning disorders; the meta-analysis method was performed. The statistical population of the present study was all available studies on the effectiveness of educational, therapeutic and psychological interventions on types of learning disabilities (including dyslexia, dysgraphia, and math disorders). After applying the entry and exit criteria, 128 research were selected as sample. Of these studies, 623 effects size were extracted and analyzed by CMA2 software. The results showed that the combined effect size of educational and therapeutic interventions on learning disabilities was significant in both fixed and random models (P≤0.001) and, based on interpretative criteria, a large amount was evaluated. Also, the results of evaporation and independent t-test showed that the effect of age and gender as moderating variables was not significant (P≤0.001). Therefore, it can be concluded that educational and therapeutic interventions have very good efficacy and the variables of gender and age of the subject have no effect on the effectiveness of interventions.
vahid nejati; sara aghaeesabet; mahdis maghsodlo
Volume 4, Issue 14 , January 2014, , Pages 1-18
Abolghasem Yaghoubi; Hosein Mohagheghi; Maryam Ghafoori Asar; Khosro Rashid
Volume 3, Issue 9 , April 2013, , Pages 21-32
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This research aims at studying the effects of Fernald multi-sensory & Frostig visual perception methods on improvement of reading performance in 2nd grade dyslexic male students in elementary schools in Hamedan. The subjects are 45 2nd grade dyslexic male students in elementary schools in Hamedan, ...
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This research aims at studying the effects of Fernald multi-sensory & Frostig visual perception methods on improvement of reading performance in 2nd grade dyslexic male students in elementary schools in Hamedan. The subjects are 45 2nd grade dyslexic male students in elementary schools in Hamedan, out of which 15 students are placed in Fernald multi-sensory experimental group and 15 others in Frostig visual perception experimental group. The remaining 15 students are considered as the control group. The subjects are selected from a population through dyslexia check list based on teachers’ idea. In order to homogenize the groups, Raven's Children IQ Test is used. After performing the pre-test, Multi-sensory experimental group receives Fernald multi-sensory instruction, and the visual perception experimental group receives Frostig visual perception instruction for 10 sessions. However, the control group does not receive any instructions. Falah Chay Reading Test (1995) is administered for the three groups as pre-test and post-test. For data analysis, T-Test and Analysis of Covariance are used. The results show that the groups trained with Fernald multi-sensory and Frostig visual perception methods perform better in reading, comprehending the meaning of sentences and reading performance than the control group. Meanwhile, the group trained with Fernald multi-sensory has a better performance in reading and comprehending the meaning of sentences in comparison with the one receiving the Frostig visual perception method. It can therefore be concluded that the above said methods can improve the reading performance in dyslexic male students, and among these two methods, Fernald multi-sensory method may be applied as the more effective method in improvement of the reading performance in these students.