Impact of Intervention Program on Enhancing Spelling and Writing Skills among Saudi Primary School Pupils with Learning Disabilities
Learning disabilities (LD) include difficulties in learning the basic language skills including speaking, reading,spelling and writing. Moreover, the pupils at schools can achieve better through proper support and interventionthan conventional methods. In the Saudi context, the Ministry of Education...
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| Language: | English |
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Ankara University
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Özel Eğitim Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1210150 |
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| Summary: | Learning disabilities (LD) include difficulties in learning the basic language skills including speaking, reading,spelling and writing. Moreover, the pupils at schools can achieve better through proper support and interventionthan conventional methods. In the Saudi context, the Ministry of Education (MoE) incorporated LD in itseducational system in 1996 to facilitate the learning of pupils with LD nationwide. This study is an attempt toexplore the impact of the intervention program on enhancing the basic skills in spelling and writing of the Arabiclanguage among Saudi primary school pupils with LD studying between first and third grades. The study samplecomprised of 38 male pupils with LD, aged between 6-8 years, and were selected from four primary schools inRafha Province. The study adopted the quasi-experimental research design including control and experimentalgroups. The results of the study revealed that there was a significant and positive impact of the program onenhancing the performance of the participants in both spelling and writing skills. It is thought that pupils canachieve better through appropriate intervention. Future studies on examining the performances of spelling andwriting independently are recommended. |
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| ISSN: | 1304-7639 |