The effect of computerized cognitive rehabilitation on visual-spatial ability and processing speed of students with a specific mathematical learning disorder

Azadeh Esmailzadeh  Roozbahani; Marjan Esmaeilzadeh Rouzbhani

doi:10.53730/ijhs.v6nS7.11539

Authors

Azadeh Esmailzadeh Roozbahani Ph.D Ecucational psychology, faculty of education and psychology, Shahid chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran. Corresponding author
Marjan Esmaeilzadeh Rouzbhani Master of since in General psycholoy,Department of Health Psychology, Khorramshahr-Persian Golf International Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khorramshahr, Iran.

Keywords:

Computerized Cognitive Rehabilitation, Visual-Spatial Ability, Processing Speed, Specific Mathematical Learning Disorder

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of computer-based cognitive rehabilitation on visual-spatial ability and processing speed of students with a specific mathematical learning disorder. The research design was quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest with the control group, and a two-month follow-up. Among the fourth-grade male students with a specific mathematical learning disorder in Karaj, 40 people were selected by a convenience random sampling method, and with random replacement, they were divided into experimental and control groups. The subjects in the experimental group received the Captain's Log cognitive rehabilitation program individually for 12 sessions of 50-60 minutes. Data were collected by The Advanced Reaction Time Test, The Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test, and the Iran KeyMath Diagnostic Tests. Covariance analysis was used to analyze the data. Computerized cognitive rehabilitation caused the experimental group to show shorter reaction time and more visual-spatial ability in the post-test and follow-up stages than the control group (p<0.05). Therefore, computerized cognitive rehabilitation programs can improve students' visual-spatial ability and processing speed with a specific mathematical learning disorder.

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