Differential Achievements of Students with Autism in Reading, Writing and Numeracy
Journal Title: Academic Research International - Year 2014, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
The present study was conducted to know the current levels of performance of children with autism in functional academics reading, writing and numeracy skills. The type of the research was descriptive. Population of the study included the teachers of children with autism. In this study, the convenient sampling technique was used to select sample of 35 teachers from different special schools of two major cities of Pakistan i.e., Lahore and Islamabad. Self-made questionnaire was used as an instrument for the purpose of data collection. It consisted of 46 items based on reading, writing and numeric skills. The teachers were required to respond on two point scale i.e. No = 0, Yes = 1. The reliability of the instrument was .989. Major findings are: children with autism can match alphabets with correct picture and word, children with autism can write A-Z and can count number from 1-10. Mean of reading skill was higher than writing and numeric skills.
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Hina Fazil, Rukhsana Bashir
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