Development Of A Cognitive Empowerment Training Package Based On The Executive Functions Of The Brain And Its Effectiveness On The Academic Competence Of Low-Achieving Gifted Students Of The Sixth Grade

Yavari, Hanieh; Sheivandi Cholicheh, Kamran; Dortaj, Fariborz; Rezayi, Saeid; Asadzadeh, Hasan

doi:10.22059/japr.2024.372908.644869

Development Of A Cognitive Empowerment Training Package Based On The Executive Functions Of The Brain And Its Effectiveness On The Academic Competence Of Low-Achieving Gifted Students Of The Sixth Grade

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Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Hanieh Yavari ¹

Kamran Sheivandi Cholicheh ²

Fariborz Dortaj ³

Saeid Rezayi ⁴

Hasan Asadzadeh ³

¹ 1. PhD student, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran.

² Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

³ Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran.

⁴ Department of Psychology and Education of Exceptional Children, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran.

10.22059/japr.2024.372908.644869

Abstract

The present study was conducted to development of a cognitive empowerment training package based on the executive functions of the brain and its effectiveness on the academic competence of low-achieving gifted students of the sixth grade. The research method was qualitative, Theme analysis according to Attride-Stirling (2001), and the research method in the quantitative part was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a two-month follow-up period. The statistical population of the research included low-achieving gifted students studying in the sixth grade of gifted elementary schools in Tehran in the academic year of 2021-2022. The sample in this study included 36 Low-achieving gifted student who were selected by purposeful sampling and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (18 students in the experimental group and 18 students in the control group). The students in the experimental group received the cognitive empowerment training package based on the executive functions of the brain during 10 weeks in 10 sessions of 90 minutes. The results showed that the cognitive empowerment training package based on the executive functions of the brain has sufficient content validity according to experts. Also, this training package had an impact on the academic competence.

Keywords

Cognitive Empowerment

Executive Functions of the Brain

Academic Competence

Low-Achieving Gifted Students