Post Pandemic Literacy Scores among Learning Disabled Adolescents
Keywords:
Intelligence Test, Learning Disability, Schonell’s Reading Test, AdolescentsAbstract
A study was conducted among Learning Disabled Adolescents (N=51) with age ranging from 11 to 16 years by administering Ravens Standard Progressive Matrices, Schonell’s Reading Test and Schonell’s Spelling Test.
The study aimed to test whether IQ score is dependent on reading score and spelling score. The hypothesis of the study is that there is no significant difference between IQ score and reading and spelling score.
A regression analysis was performed and the result proved that the IQ score is dependent on reading score and spelling score with a p value =0.01 and the hypothesis was rejected.
The study can be concluded that reading score and spelling score act as a predictor to measure intelligence among Learning Disabled Adolescents.
Though learning disabled adolescents are intellectually average, the pandemic has reduced their literacy level leading to poor intelligence quotient and hence, contributing to the Matthew effect that poor readers get poorer. Further studies are required to analyze the pattern of scores before covid and post covid situation.
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