The Effect of Attention Strengthen and Perception of Sensory-motor Training Program on Mathematical Performance of Male Students with Mathematical Learning Disability

The purpose of the present study was to determination of the effect of attention strengthen and perception of sensory-motor training programs on mathematical performance of male students with mathematical learning disability.
Study procedure was quazi-experimental with pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population of this study includes all third and forth grade elementary male students with mathematical learning disability in Shiraz city in the academic year 2014-2015.The sample size was 30 male students with mathematical learning disability that were selected by in available sampling method and assigned into experimental and group control, randomly. Such as each group consist of 15 students. Both groups were assessed pre-test. The experimental group received attention strengthen and perception of sensory-motor training programs in 10 sessions while control group did not. After completion of training period for experimental group the post-test was administered for both groups. Standardized tests of Iran Key-math mathematical test and revised Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children was used to collect data.
The data analyses by ANCOVA and MANCOVA showed that there were significantly improvement in mean scores of mathematical performance and its subscales in experimental group (P Therefore, attention strengthen and perception of sensory-motor training programs to improve the performance of students with learning disability in mathematics can be used and suggested that the school teachers in the process of learning and teaching, further they have notice to the capacity of attention and sensory-motor perception students have learning difficulties.