Phonological Awareness and its Relation to Self-Confidence and Achievement Motivation for Primary School Students with Learning Disabilities

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the phonological awareness and its relation to self-confidence and achievement motivation for students with learning disabilities. The sample was )40( primary 5th grade students with learning disabilities whoe ages were ten years old. The study used the following tools: Phonological awareness scale (preparation / Researcher), Self-confidence scale )prepared by/ Mohamed(, Achievement motivation scale )preparation/ Researcher( and after ascertaining its psychometric properties, they were applied on the research sample. Statistical data thrusting appropriate means. T results showed that there was a significant correlation between phonological awareness and self-confidence for students with learning disabilitiesas as well as between phonological awareness and achievement motivation for students with learning disabilities. The study indicated that self-confidence and achievement motivation can be predicted by phonological awareness.