The Effect of Self-monitoring Training on the Aacademic Achievement of the Students with Dyslexia

Dyslexic children, despite having normal intelligence, cannot achieve desirable academic achievement. For some of them continuing education is difficult and occationally drop out of school. The purpose of this study was to determine the Effect of self-monitoring training on academic achievement of students with dyslexia.

This quasi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test included 32 elementary male dyslexic students at Javanrood citywich were randomly placed in two groups of control and experimental The experimental group had 10 sessions of 50-minutes trainings two days a week. The grades of science, mathematics, Persian, and spelling in the pre-test, post- test and follow-up, were used as the criterion for measuring the academic achievement of students and the data were then analyzed by repeated measures.

Findings indicated that there was not a Significant difference between the experimental and control groups in the pre-test but there were significant differences between pre-test, post-test and pre-test, follow up(p<./001) of the experimental groups in which their academic scores had increased.

The self- monitoring training program had a positive effect on improving the academic achievement of students with dyslexia. This research introduces an intervention strategy for the use of parents, teachers and professionals who work with students with dyslexia.