compare the cognitive processing and social skills of students with learning disabilities and normal students

Learning disability is one of the most important problems in school life, and children with learning disabilities often stay away from the process of studying and learning. The purpose of this study was to compare the cognitive processing and social skills of students with learning disabilities and normal students in Ghaemshahr city.
The research method is causal-comparative. The statistical population consisted of students with learning disabilities and normal students who referred to a specialist center affiliated to the education of Ghaemshahr city (Tavana) in the academic year 2015-2016 (n = 97). From this statistical population, a sample of 80 students (40 students with learning disabilities and 40 normal students) was selected through multistage random sampling. To measure the variables studied, we used the Schoenberg and Skilder Deep Intelligence Inventory and Matsun Social Skills Questionnaire. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (multivariate analysis of variance MANOVA) at a significant level of P The results of the analysis showed that students with learning disabilities have a more unfavorable situation in terms of cognitive processing and social skills than normal students.
According to the research findings, there is a significant difference between cognitive processing and social skills of students with learning disabilities with normal students. As well as, normal students have better and more favorable cognitive processing and social skills than students with learning disabilities.