Effects of using the Gagne model on improving the theory of mind and problem-solving levels of Deaf students.

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Fatemeh Sadat Sadat Mehrizi ¹ , Saeed Mazbouhi ² , Hamidreza Maghami ³

1 - Master of Educational Planning, Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor of Educational Technology, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2023-12-12 Accepted : 2023-12-12 Published : 2023-11-22

Keywords: Problem-Solving Ability, Theory of Mind, deaf students, Gagne Model,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the Gagne model on increasing the level of  theory of mind and problem-solving abilities of deaf students. This study is an applied research using a quasi-experimental design. The statistical population of this study consists of all deaf students in Tehran, selected using 40 available methods, each of which is divided into an experimental group and a control group consisting of 20 people.  The sampling method for this study was available. This study used Steimman's Theory of Mind (1994) and his 38-question format of the Tower of London Central Nervous System Performance Test.  Descriptive statistics (frequency, mean, standard deviation, graph) and Kolmogorov-Smirnov test were used to examine the data distribution.  Covariance tests were used to test the hypotheses. The significance level in this study was ≤0.05.  Statistical calculations were performed using SPSS software (version 24). The results of this study show that the one-way analysis of covariance is significant for the variable of  theory of mind (P <0.05) and problem solving ability (P <0.05). Therefore, main hypotheses 1 and 2 are based on the first hypothesis: the use of the teaching model to promote the theory of mind levels and the second hypothesis the use of the Gagne model was confirmed in the problem-solving ability of deaf students.