A Study on the Reading Ability in Basic Words of Students with Learning Disabilities by Using a Musical Learning Set

Abstract

The objective of this study was to compare the basic words reading ability of students with learning disabilities at Prasert Islam school before and after using a musical learning set. The study samples were students with learning disabilities in the prathom suksa 2 and 3 at Prasert Islam school with. measured their abilities by using the thai translation edition of the wechsler intelligence scale for children 3rd edition (WISC-III), and their learning achievement by using the wide range achievement test-thai (WRAT-THAI). Research tools comprised of learning management plan, educational music, pictorial cards, vocabulary flash cards, exercises and the assessment exercise on reading ability in basic words with at least 0.8 confidence coefficients. This research model was one group pre-test – post-test design. Statistical analysis comprised of mean ( ) and standard deviation (S.D.) and nonparametric statistics in the wilcoxon matched-signed – ranks test. Results found that after using a musical learning set, students with learning disabilities had better mean scores of the basic words reading ability than before using the musical learning set in all aspects both of understanding aspect and memory aspect and students with learning disabilities had standard deviation of the basic words reading ability lower than before using the musical learning set in all aspects both of understanding aspect and memory aspect. The finding indicated that the experimental group had a more similar than before the experiment. Hypothesis testing result found that students with learning disabilities had different mean score of the basic words reading ability between before and after using the musical learning set in all aspects both of understanding aspect and memory aspect at 0.05 significant statistic level.