The Effectiveness of Flashcard Training on Improving Writing Learning Disorder in Spelling in Yazd City Primary School Students

One of the most common learning disorders among students is spelling disorder, which accounts for one-third of all learning disorders. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of flashcard training on improving spelling learning disabilities. The study was experimental with pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population of this study was all male elementary school students in Yazd city. The available sampling method used to select the sample. Thus, among primary school students who were enrolled in treatment and education centers for children with learning disabilities because of their spelling and learning disabilities; Spelling, 9 or lower, was selected, and replaced at random in the experimental (n = 20) and control (n = 20) groups. The students in the experimental group taught during the fourteen sessions, sixty minutes (three sessions a week), using flashcards, the most important and most used words and first elementary words.The control group trained using the direct method. Multivariate covariance results showed that flashcard training significantly improved written spelling impairment in first grade elementary school students in all two dimensions of visual memory, and educational problems. Therefore, integrated flashcards can be used to treat students' spelling disorder.