A Study on the Effectiveness of Direct Instruction in Teaching the Angle Chapter of Mathematics for Students with Learning Disabilities

• Main Authors: NIEN, CHEN-YUN, 粘薽云
• Other Authors: LI, YUNG-CHANG
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/08784160117077131609

碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 特殊教育學系 === 105 === The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of using Direct Instruction to teach the junior high school students with learning disabilities the angle chapter of mathematics. This study adopted multiple-probe technique across participants of the single subject design. Three junior high school students with learning disabilities were selected as the research participants, and learned the angle chapter of mathematics through Direct Instruction. Based on that, this study explored the variations of correct answers in the assessment sheets to evaluate the student’s learning outcomes. During the baselines, interventions, and maintenance phases, the evaluation data were collected to proceed the quantitative analysis via graphical method and visual inspection. In addition, the qualitative data from observations and interviews in this study were also analyzed to reveal the changes in learning attitude and performance. The major findings were as follows: 1. The Direct Instruction indicated immediate effectiveness on enhancing the ability of students with learning disabilities when learning the angle chapter. 2. The Direct Instruction indicated retention effectiveness on enhancing the ability of students with learning disabilities when learning the angle chapter. 3. After Direct Instruction, the learning attitude and performance in the angle chapter of students with learning disabilities had been changed.