Oral Reading Learning Disabilities of Fourth and Fifth Primary Stage Female Pupils in Al-Ahsa Province and Its Relation to Family Socio-Economic Status

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the oral reading learning disabilities of fourth and fifth primary stage female pupils in Al-Ahsa province and its relations to the family socio-economic status. The researcher used the descriptive methodology. The study sample consisted of )73( female pupils. The researcher applied a measure of oral reading learning disabilities designed by her, in addition to a measure of Family Socio-Economic Status designed by )Abu Mustafa, 2008( which was modified by the researcher. The results showed that the availability of oral reading learning disabilities is )70%( and the dominance degree of the oral reading learning disabilities is above the average. In addition, there are no significant statistical differences of the oral reading learning disabilities among pupils, according, to neither class grade fourth or fifth, nor to the pupil's birth range among the members of their families. As well as, the results showed that there is no correlation of oral reading learning disabilities with the pupil's age, or with the family socio-economic status.