روانشناسی یادگیری
Mahdi Abdollahzadeh Rafi; Fatemeh Fazeli Farsani; Saeed Ariapooran
Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of using Elkonin boxes on improving phonological awareness and reading fluency of students with reading learning disabilities. For this purpose, in an experimental single case design, 5 students (3 girls and 2 boys) of the third grade of primary ...
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of using Elkonin boxes on improving phonological awareness and reading fluency of students with reading learning disabilities. For this purpose, in an experimental single case design, 5 students (3 girls and 2 boys) of the third grade of primary school were selected. Using diagnostic reading test (Shirazi and Nilipour, 2005) and phonological awareness test (Dastjerdi and Soleimani, 2005), participants' reading fluency and phonological awareness were assessed before the intervention. Then, during 11 sessions, 44 words were taught to the participants individually. Finally, one week after the intervention, participants' reading fluency and phonological awareness were assessed again. In order to analyze the data, in addition to visual analysis of the chart, the recovery percentage and Wilcoxon statistical test were used. The results showed that the use of Elkonin Boxes had a statistically significant improvement in phonological awareness. Also, the reading fluency of the students participating in the study was significantly improved, both statistically and clinically. Elkonin Boxes as a phonetic and multisensory method can improve the phonological awareness and reading fluency of students with reading learning disabilities.
