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Background of the study: Children are the blessing from the Lord. Children have many responsibilities too. In the
modern society mastery of basic academic skills- reading, writing and arithmetic are necessary for success in both school
and employment setting and in society at large. Aim: The aim of the study is to assess the effectiveness of Instructional
activities on dysgraphia among school children in St. Antony’s school, Chemparuthivilai and K.J.Mcilroy Matriculation
School, Neyyoor, Tamilnadu. Materials and method: The design adopted was quasi experimental control group pre-test
post-test design. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the samples. The tool used for data collection procedure is
Dysgraphia Disability scale. (DDS). Children with dysgraphia in experimental group receive Instructional activities for 30
minutes every day for one month. Children with dysgraphia in control group not received intervention. Post- test level of
dysgraphia is measured by Dysgraphia Disability scale. (DDS) after one month. Results: The study findings revealed that
the mean post- test level of dysgraphia among Children with dysgraphia in experimental group is 12.92, MD= 6, t= 2.78, P˂
0.05. After one month of practicing Instructional activities. The mean post- test level of dysgraphia among school children
with dysgraphia in control group is 11.37 for one month without practicing Instructional activities. There is significant
reduction of level of dysgraphia in experimental group compared to children with dysgraphia in control group.
Conclusion : Instructional activities has found to be an effective in reduction of dysgraphia among school children.
Majority of the school children have writing To evaluate the effectiveness of instructional
difficulty. Roughly 65% of children diagnosed with activities on dysgraphia among school children
and writing related language skills.Most children with To determine the association between post test
these difficulties can be taught writing and reading skills level of dysgraphia among school children with
for success in school life. When these problems are their selected demographic variables in study
identified early, they are more likely to learn group and Control group.
HYPOTHESIS RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
H1- There is a significant difference between Section-A: Distribution of school children according to
the pretest and posttest level of dysgraphia the prevalence
among school children in study group and
Section-B: Distribution of school children according to
control group.
the demographic variables in study group and control
H2- There is a significant association between
group.
posttest level of dysgraphia among school
children with the selected demographic Section-C: I. Distribution of school children in study
variables in study group and control group. group and control group according to the level of
dysgraphia before intervention.
CONCEPTUAL FRAME WORK
II. Distribution of school children in study group and
The conceptual framework based on Imogene king’s control group according to the level of dysgraphia after
Goal attainment theory was used. intervention.
The study was conducted at selected schools at I. Comparison of the pretest and posttest level of
kanya kumari district. The population of this study is dysgraphia among School children in study group and
primary school children with dysgraphia and who met the control group.
PERCENTAGE
60
years of age, 20 (66.67%) of them were males and
10(33.33%) of them were females. According to the 40 30 %