Using Learning Techniques for Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities by Their Teacher and Obstacles of Applications

Abdul-Aziz Al Mokbil, Ghada

doi:10.21608/jsre.2019.71289

Using Learning Techniques for Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities by Their Teacher and Obstacles of Applications

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Ghada Abdul-Aziz Al Mokbil

Master of Arts in Special Education, Faculty of education. King Soud University

10.21608/jsre.2019.71289

Abstract

The aim of this study was to identify the types of educational techniques used for students with learning difficulties in the middle schools and to identify the differences between the responses of the teachers to the questionnaire of the educational techniques due to the variables. The researcher used the descriptive analytical method. The research sample consisted of (105) teachers, who are working in (56) schools. Due to the small study society, the researcher used the comprehensive limitation method and applied the study tool to the entire study community. The results showed that the teachers depending on using the educational techniques is of above average. They also showed that the most prominent types of educational techniques used with female students are computer and Smart Applications (IPad, Mobile). The results revealed that the obstacles of using educational techniques were the educational obstacles which ranked first, followed by administrative obstacles, then human obstacles.

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Main Subjects

Curriculum and methods of teaching

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