A comparison of self-regulatory strategies, creative thinking and goal orientation in children with and without mathematical disorder

The present study was carried out to compare the self-regulation strategies, creativity and goal orientation in students with ADHD (math disorder) and normal students. The type of this research is causal-comparative. The population of present study was 60 students with math disorder who were compared with 60 normal students who were selected randomly. To collect data, goal orientation questionnaire, creativity questionnaire, self-regulation questionnaire and math test of key math were used. Collected data were analyzed based on multivariate analysis of variance. The results showed that the means of self-regulation, goal orientation and creativity variables in students with math disorders are lower than normal students. The findings have important implications for the field of teaching self-regulation skills and creativity in students with learning disorders.