Arab Educational Information Network

The study aimed to investigate the effect of physical activity for physical education class on academic achievement of students with learning disabilities in mathematics in Kuwait, through scheduling physical education class to be directly before mathematics classes. 120 students with learning disabilities in the sixth grade (60 male and 60 female) were selected randomly as a sample from two schools. The study sample was divided into four groups: two experimental groups (male and female) for students who studied mathematics directly after the physical education class, and two control groups of male and female students who studied according to the usual class schedule. Findings indicated that there were statistically significant differences in favor of the experimental groups (male and female) which were studied in the modified class schedule. In addition, the results indicated that there were statistically significant differences in favor of males with learning disabilities who studied using the modified class schedule. Based on its findings, this study recommends that the class schedule should be modified where mathematics class should directly follow the physical education class, conduct more research on the class scheduling in classes that students with learning disabilities face difficulties in it, and examine the role of gender in a more focused manner. (Published abstract)