Svjesnost o diskalkuliji kod stanovnika grada Splita

master's thesis

• Title (english): Dyscalculia Awareness among the inhabitants of the city of Split
• Author: Antonia Pušić
• Mentor: Mirjana Lenček (mentor)
• Committee member: Mirjana Lenček (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Jasmina Ivšac Pavliša (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Ana Leko Krhen (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2021-09-07, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Speech Therapy

Abstract

Cilj ovog rada je utvrditi razinu svjesnosti o diskalkuliji kod stanovnika grada Splita te provjeriti kakva je povezanost svjesnosti o diskalkuliji kod ispitanika i obilježja kao što su dob, spol i obrazovanje. Za potrebe istraživanja izrađen je upitnik pod nazivom „Upitnik razine svjesnosti o diskalkuliji“. Ispitano je 315 osoba u dobi od 18 do 65 godina na području grada Splita koje su dobrovoljno odlučile sudjelovati u istraživanju. Od ukupno 315 ispitanika, njih 92 (29%), čulo je za termin diskalkulija te je ispunilo upitnik, a njihovi podatci su dalje obrađeni. Postotak od 29% ispitanika koji su upoznati s pojmom diskalkulija ukazuje na nisku razinu svijesti o diskalkuliji među stanovnicima grada Splita, dok prosječna rješivost upitnika od 64,9% pokazuje dostatnu razinu temeljnih znanja o diskalkuliji među ispitanim sudionicima istraživanja. Ograničena znanja utvrđena su na pitanjima vezanim uz obilježja, tretman i učestalost diskalkulije. Pokazalo se da većina ispitanika ima djelomično točnu, pojednostavljenu percepciju diskalkulije kao teškoće računanja. Utvrđeno je da manje od polovine ispitanika prepoznaje često prisutne probleme s prostornom orijentacijom (25%) te matematičkim jezikom (42,4%) kao obilježja diskalkulije, čime su potvrđeni nalazi prethodnih istraživanja (Chideridou–Mandari i sur., 2016; Sousa i sur., 2017). Pronađene su statistički značajne razlike u ukupnoj razini znanja između dvije obrazovne skupine, pri čemu su visokoobrazovani ispitanici ostvarili bolje rezultate. Nisu utvrđene statistički značajne razlike u ukupnoj razini znanja između ispitanika triju dobnih skupina, kao niti između muških i ženskih ispitanika. Ipak, varijabla spol pokazala se utjecajnom na jednoj od pojedinačnih varijabli - onoj koja se odnosi na znanja o matematičkom jeziku, pri čemu su žene postigle bolji rezultat.

Abstract (english)

The aim of this research is to determine the level of awareness of dyscalculia among the inhabitants of the city of Split and to check the relationship between awareness of dyscalculia among respondents and characteristics such as age, gender and education. For the purposes of the research, a questionnaire entitled "Questionnaire on the level of awareness of dyscalculia" was developed. 315 people, aged 18 to 65, were interviewed in the area of the city of Split who voluntarily decided to participate in the research. Out of a total of 315 respondents, 92 (29%) of them heard about the term dyscalculia so they completed the questionnaire and their data were further processed. The percentage of 29% of respondents who are familiar with the term dyscalculia indicates a low level of awareness of dyscalculia among the inhabitants of the city of Split, while the average score on the questionnaire of 64.9% shows a sufficient level of basic knowledge about dyscalculia among surveyed participants. Limited knowledge has been found on questions related to the characteristics, treatment, and frequency of dyscalculia. It has been shown that most respondents have a partially accurate, simplified perception of dyscalculia as a computational difficulty. It was found that less than half of the respondents recognize the often present problems with spatial orientation (25%) and mathematical language (42.4%) as features of dyscalculia, which confirms the findings of previous research (Chideridou – Mandari et al., 2016; Sousa et al., 2017). Statistically significant differences were found in the overall level of knowledge between the two educational groups, with high educated respondents achieving better results. No statistically significant differences were found in the overall level of knowledge between respondents of the three age groups, as well as between male and female respondents. Nevertheless, the gender variable was shown to be influential on one of the individual variables – the one related to knowledge of mathematical language, with women achieving a better result.

• Keywords: diskalkulija; svjesnost; obilježja
• Keywords (english): dyscalculia; awareness; characteristics
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:158:889895
• Study programme: Title: Graduate study of Speech and Language Pathology; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra logopedije (magistar/magistra logopedije)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-01-13 08:43:35