Instructional multimedia development of dictation assistant (Dicteyar) and its effectiveness on the academic achievement of the second grade students in primary school with dysgraphia in Arak

The purpose of this study was developing educational multimedia development of dictation assistant (Dicteyar) and its effectiveness on the academic achievement of the students with Dysgraphia. An experimental research method was used and the research included two groups with pretest and posttest. The statistical population included students with Dysgraphia in the second grade of primary schools in Arak city during academic year of 1390-91. Sampling was based on counting everyone and included 39 students. 20 students were randomly assigned to the experimental group and 19 students were randomly assigned to the control group. Students in experimental group were trained by dictation assistant (Dicteyar) and the control group was trained by the traditional method. The academic achievement of dictation exam is used in order to collect data and for the analysis of data، Wilcoxon and Mann Whitney Utests were used. The result has shown the multimedia dictation assistant (Dicteyar) had meaningfully higher academic achievement than traditional method (P<0/001). So، multimedia dictation assistant (Dicteyar) is effective in improving Dysgraphia.