Effectiveness of Self-Monitoring of Attention Strategies on Cognitive Flexibility and Numerosity Perception of Girl Students with Dyscalculia
Subject Areas : Journal of Excellence in Counseling and Psychotherapy
Azade Ahmadi
1
,
Alireza Zolfaghari
2
*
,
Mohammad Mehdi Jahangiri
3
1 - Department of Psychology, Ar.C., Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran
2 - Department of Psychology, ،Tu. C., Islamic Azad University, Tuyserkan, Iran
3 - Department of Psychology, Ar.C, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran.
Keywords: Dyscalculia, cognitive flexibility, numerosity perception, self-monitoring,
Abstract :
Purpose: The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the effectiveness of self-monitoring of attention strategies on cognitive flexibility and numerosity perception of girl’s students with Dyscalculia.
Methodology: The research method was a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test type with experimental and control groups and a three-month follow-up period. The statistical population included girl students with Dyscalculia in the first grade, referred to the Boroujerd City Disorders Center in 1403. The research sample included 30 female students who were randomly selected based on entry criteria and placed in experimental and control groups (15 people in each group). For the experimental group, 12 sessions of attention-based self-monitoring training program were implemented (three times a week). Data collection was performed using the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (Grant and Berg, 1984) and the Jordan Number Sense Test (Jordan et al., 2008). The data were analyzed using analysis of variance with repeated measures.
Findings: The findings showed that there was a statistically significant difference in the post-test scores of cognitive flexibility and numerosity perception in the experimental and control groups. These results were maintained during the three-month follow-up period.
Conclusion: Overall, the results of the present study focus on Self-Monitoring of Attention as a promising strategy and point for improving cognitive flexibility and numerosity perception, and it can be used to address cognitive problems (specifically cognitive flexibility and numerosity perception) in students with Dyscalculia.