The effectiveness of touch math intervention in teaching addition skills to preschoolers at-risk for future learning disabilities

Abstract EN

The purpose of this study was to explore The Effectiveness of Touch Math in Teaching Addition Skills to Preschoolers at-risk for future learning disabilities The selection of the participants (KG1 children) was based on the marks obtained by all the 138 subjects in a mathematics test.

The mean and Standard Deviation (SD) of these scores was calculated.

Only those subjects who scored 1 SD below the mean in their math test were selected for the study .

60 subjects were assigned into Control (n= 30 , 21 boys and 9 girls) and Experimental( n= 30 , 23 boys , 7 girls ) group.

ANCOVA and Repeated Measures Analyses were employed for data analysis.

Results.

Findings from this study indicated the effectiveness of the program employed in addition ability in the target children .

Discussion.

On the basis of the findings, the study supports the idea of Touch Math as a powerful intervention for children.

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