The effect of Persian educational software on reading and spelling achievment of first grade elementary school students with intelectual disability

Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology

Jahanshir  Tavakolizadeh ¹ (Prof, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Iran)
Maryam  Khoshbakht ² (Department of Psychology of Exceptional Children, Qaenat Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaenat, Iran)

Received: 2017-01-04 Accepted : 2021-06-04 Published : 2019-02-20

Keywords: intellectual disability, reading and spelling achievement, Persian educational software,

Abstract :

Nowadays, the innovation in teaching methods is essential and the use of computers in all fields, especially education of children with intellectual disability may be considered inevitable. The study aimed to determine the effect using of Persian educational software of educational Industry Co on reading and spelling acheivement in first grade elementary school students with intellectual disability in Torbat e haydarieh city. At this quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design and control group, the study population included all students aged 7 to 11 years with intellectual disability that 20 students were selected through simple random sampling and were then randomly allocated into experimental and control groups (each group 10 students). At first, all samples completed the questionairs of reading and spelling acheivement. Then, the experimental group was teached eight 30-minute sessions throgh Persian educational software and control group was teached routinelly. Finally, each of two groups was performed post-tests and the data were analyzed by SPSS-20 and T-test for two independent samples and analysis of covariance test. The results showed that Persian educational software has effected significantly on reading and spelling achievment in students with intellectual disability (p < 0.05).