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Effect of Educational Games on Social Skills in Iranian Mentally Retarded Children

Zohreh Shakibaei*, Flora Rahimaghaee**, Masoumeh Arish***

* Ph.D, Educational Management, Assistant Professor, Faculty Member of Islamic Azad University-Tonekabon Branch.

** Ph.D, Nursing Education, Assistant Professor, Faculty Member of Islamic Azad University-Tonekabon Branch.

*** M.A, Educational Research, Islamic Azad University-Tonekabon Branch.

Periodicity:February - April'2013
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.6.4.2183

Abstract

There is about 1.5 to 3 million of exceptional children in Iran. By this great population, educational system of Iran must undoubtedly pay special attention to these children. One of the most distinct characteristics of these people is their inability to establish effective communication with the society. Current research was conducted to investigate the efficacy of educational games on the ability of social skills in mentally retarded girls aging 8-12 years. This study was semi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test. The sample group contained 20 mentally retarded girls according to the research criteria which Whole of them were selected because of a small number of cases. 10 of them were randomly assigned to the test group, while the other 10 were assigned to the control group. The test group was trained the social skills using directed educational games, while the control group followed the normal trend of the class. Wailand’s social growth test was applied to both groups. In this study, ANCOVA was used for analysis. Results suggest that the experience group has significantly higher scores as compared to the control group. This finding is in agreement with those of other researchers and indicates capabilities of the educational games in improving the ability of social skills.

Keywords

Educational games, Mental retardation, Social skills.

How to Cite this Article?

Zohreh Shakibaei, Flora Rahimaghaee and Masoumeh Arish (2013). Effect Of Educational Games On Social Skills In Iranian Mentally Retarded Children. i-manager’s Journal on Educational Psychology, 6(4), 18-22. https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.6.4.2183

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