Document Type : Research Paper I Open Access I Released under CC BY-NC 4.0 license
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1 Rehabilitation counseling, Payame Noor university, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of psychology, Payame Noor university, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: People with borderline intellectual functioning (BIF) include those whose IQ is in the range of 70 to 85, lower than normal people and higher than people diagnosed with developmental intellectual disorder. Weakness in the executive functions of people with BIF has been shown in many researches. Executive functions are highest level of the cognitive and metacognitive functions of the brain, which form the basis of children's social, academic and cognitive development. The purpose of this research was to investigate the impact of perceptual-motor exercises on executive functions of children with borderline intelligence.
Methods: The study implemented a semi-experimental methodology, conducting both pretest and posttest evaluations, supplemented by a control group for comparison. Thirty students diagnosed with Borderline Intellectual Functioning (BIF) were chosen through purposive sampling and were be assigned to experiment(n=15) and control(n=15) groups. The instrument of data collection was Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF,2000). The experimental group trained and performed perceptual motor exercises two 45-minute sessions per week of for ten weeks The data was analyzed by one-way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) in SPSS version 26.
Results: The findings showed that perceptual-motor exercises lead to the improvement of executive functions, including inhibition, attention, emotional control, initiation, working memory, planning, organization, and control of children with BIF
Conclusion: To improve the executive functions of children with BIF, it is recommended to implement educational programs in the form of perceptual-motor exercises.
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