The Profile of Afghan Immigrant Students in Pre-Requisite Basic Learning Skills: Neuro-Psychological and Educational

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1 Ph.D. student in Psychology and Education of Children with Special Needs, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Iran

2 Professor in Department of Psychology and Education of Children with Special Needs, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

3 Associate Professor of Children with Special Needs, Department of Children with Special Needs, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, iran

Abstract

Objective: Neuropsychological skills are the basis of academic learning and include skills such as attention, organize, motor skills, spatial perception, language and other abilities that students need to learn the content of courses. This study is aimed to examine the performance of Afghan immigrant students in pre-requisite basic learning skills with an emphasis on neuropsychological and academic skills.

Method: The research method was descriptive. For this purpose, elementary school students of Afghan private schools in Isfahan in the year 2023 were included in the study using a Convenience sampling, and 151 students (girls and boys) participated in the research. A checklist of the pre-requisite basic learning skills of Iranian students was used to collect data. The checklist was completed through clinical interviews with teachers and students, and the statistical data were analyzed descriptively and inferentially.

Findings: The findings indicated that first-grade students were more deficient in spatial and linguistic perception, second-grade students in emotional and mathematical skills, third-grade students in writing, fourth-grade students in reading and mathematics, fifth-grade students in mathematics, and sixth-grade students in spatial perception. There was a significant difference between the performance of girls and boys and also between the performance of students in different academic grades.

Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that Afghan immigrant students have difficulties in pre-requisite basic learning skills with an emphasis on neuro-psychological and academic skills, which may affect their performance during their academic period.

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Biquarterly Journal of Cognitive Strategies in Learning

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 16 December 2024

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