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Multisensory Instruction for Students With Dyscalculia
Author(s)
Vicky Tan Ai Lin, Yeo Kee Jiar
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DOI:10.17265/1537-1514/2017.09.002
Affiliation(s)
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
ABSTRACT
This purpose of this study
is to examine the effectiveness of multisensory instruction in enhancing the
achievement of a group of primary school students with developmental
dyscalculia (DD). A module based on multisensory teaching approach was
developed to help the students in solving problems involving subtraction
between 0 and 10 using a five-phase ADDIE
instructional design. This study answers two research questions: (i) What is
the students’ achievement level before and after intervention using module
based on multisensory approach? (ii) Is there any significant difference before
and after intervention using module based on multisensory approach?
Quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test design was employed for the present
study. Intervention based on the module was carried out for four weeks with 20
sessions of 30 minutes each. Participants include 18 students aged between
10-12 years old from four public schools in Malaysia. Results indicated
significant progress with large effect size in acquiring basic subtraction
skill. This study revealed that with appropriate teaching method, students with
DD are able to succeed in solving mathematics problems involving subtraction.
KEYWORDS
mathematics learning difficulties, developmental dyscalculia, subtraction, multisensory teaching approach, module, intervention
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