Comparison of academic hope, academic buoyancy and academic engagement in students with and without learning disorder

Abstract

This research was conducted in order to compare academic hope, academic buoyancy and academic engagement in students with learning disabilities and ordinal students. The research method was causal-comparative. The statistical population of the study consisted of all student with learning disabilities and ordinal students of Bousher City in the academic year 2017-2018. One hundred students were selected as the sample by using simple sampling method. To collect the data, academic hope, academic buoyancy and academic engagement scales were used. The data was analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). The results of analysis of multivariate variance (MANOVA) showed that there is a significant difference between students with and without learning disabilities in the academic hope, academic buoyancy and academic engagement (p <0/001). These results indicate that there is existence of low academic hope, academic buoyancy and academic engagement in student with learning disabilities.In this students procrastination with academic tasks and lack of positive motivation have an effective role in academic failure and consequently the continuation of this disorder. Therefore, is possible to improve educational performance and mental health of these students through training and applying appropriate educational methods. It also provide the way for all-round advancement for students in terms of academic hope, academic buoyancy and academic engagement.

Keywords

• academic hope
• academic buoyancy
• academic engagement
• learning disabilities