The Effectiveness of Educational Services in the Resource Room Provided to Students with Learning disabilities in the Primary Stage in Irbid District from the parents’ point of view

Abstract

This study aims at examining the effectiveness of educational services

in the resource room provided to students with learning disabilities of

primary stage in Irbid District from the parents’ point of view. The sample

consisted of the parents of those students who have learning disabilities.

Those (384) parents have had direct contacts with the resource room they

responded to a questionnaire prepared for this study. The questionnaire

consisted of (27) items divided into four domains: the parents’ participation,

learning environment and discovery, reinforcement methods, and evaluation

methods. The results revealed that the teachers used a moderate degree of

practicing strategies for arousing curiosity, and they used the first domain

of parents’ participation more frequently, then evaluation methods, and then

reinforcement methods and finally evaluation methods. The results showed

also that there were significant differences in parents’ point of view regarding

practicing strategies due to sex in favor of females, and schools’ kind in favor

of private schools, but there were no significant differences in parents’ point

of view regarding practicing strategies of arousing curiosity due to class

level. In the light of the results, the researcher gave some recommendations.