The Effectiveness of Life Skill Training on Self-esteem and Communication Skills of Students with Dyscalculia

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• 作者：R. Kazemi^a ; ^{Kazemi67@yahoo.com" class="auth_mail} ; S. Momeni^a ; A. Abolghasemi^b
• 关键词：life skill training ; self-esteem ; communication ; dyscalculia
• 刊名：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
• 出版年：21 February, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：114
• 期：Complete
• 页码：863-866
• 全文大小：156 K

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The purpose of the present research was to examine the effectiveness of life skill training on the self-esteem and communication skills of students with dyscalculia. This study is a quasi- experimental with pre-test/post-test and a control group. The sample of consisted of 40 students with dyscalculia that selected among primary school students with learning disabilities in Ardebil city, and assigned to two experimental (n=20) and waiting list groups(n=20). The 8 sessions (one hours) of life skills training were implemented for experimental group. To collect the data, Key-Math Mathematics Test, Self-Esteem Scale and Social Developmental Questionnaire were used. The MANCOVA results showed that life skills training were significantly on increasing of self-esteem and communication skills. On the other hand, students who were in experimental group had a significant increase in the self-esteem and communication skills, than students of control group. The results indicated that life skills training can positively increase the use of self-esteem and communication skills.