Effectiveness of MURDER Method on the Improvement of Academic Performance of Children with SpellingLearning Disorder

Introduction: One of the most important strategic goals for actualizing learners'potential abilities is using meta cognitive skills. The purpose of the present study is toexamine the effect of education of Murder on the improvement of academicperformance among children with learning disorder of spelling.Methods: Study Design was Experimental, of the pre-test post-test type with thecontrol group. The statistical population on the study included all students of grade 3with dictation learning disorder in Isfahan province during the academic year 2012-2013. The sampling method was assigned by cluster random sampling. FollowingDelavar (2000), the study assigned 30 students with dictation learning disorder anddivided them into two groups, each with 15 students. The tools used for datacollection was the Yarmohamadian's and Kosanj's impairment test (2011) andWechsler Intelligence Test. The content validity of the test based on the degree ofagreement using Kendall's correlation coefficient was 0.75 to 0.82 and its reliabilitybased on the coefficient α was reported as .76 to .84. Test of Yarmohammadian andKosanj was given to both groups as the pretest. Then, the test group was educated byMURDER method for 10 weeks and the data was analyzed by the statisticalcovariance analysis (Ancova), using SPSS software, version 22.Results: The results showed that improvement in the experimental group’s spellingwas more than that in the control group who didn’t receive the educational program(p<0.001).Conclusion: In general, according to the results of the research it can be concludedthat meta cognitive intervention is one of the basic skills for effective learning and canbe fruitful as an effective approach in clinics, schools and even in preschools and alsofor families to prevent the emergence of learning disabilities and to help theirtreatment.

کلیدواژه ها:

Learning Disabilities ، Dictation ، MURDER Method