Aliasghar Kakojoibari; Fahimeh Amini; Mahnaz Aliakbari Dehkordi
Volume 7, Issue 1 , August 2018, , Pages 75-90
Abstract
Introduction: The purpose of present research is the investigation the effectiveness of Working memory training on attention functions of students with dyslexia learning disabilities. Method: The methodology is experimental, with pre-test and post-test with control group and the statistical community ...
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Introduction: The purpose of present research is the investigation the effectiveness of Working memory training on attention functions of students with dyslexia learning disabilities. Method: The methodology is experimental, with pre-test and post-test with control group and the statistical community involves, male and female students with learning disabilities in second to fifth elementary grade with dyslexia learning disability at schools in the Central Province between 92 to 93 were enrolled,with 32 students were selected by cluster random sampling.and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups, tools used in this research were Demographic questionnair, working memory training software, software Stroop Test, the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for children four, Reading and Dyslexia Testthe research data were analyzed with, multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). Results: The results showed, after performing working memory training software in the test group,between experimental and control groups, given the scale of function in the Stroop test, improved significantly. Conclusion: The results showed that working memory training, is used to improve attentional functions of students dyslexia learning disabilities and it can be used as an effective method.
