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Abstract

Introduction: with due attention to the importance of learning disabilities and necessity
of presenting interventions for improvement of these disorders in order to prevent future
problems, this study used meta‑analysis of the research model on the impact of psychological
and educational interventions to improve academic performance of students with learning
disabilities. Methods: with the use of meta‑analysis method by integrating the results of various
researches, this study specifies the effect of psychological and educational interventions. In
this order, 57 studies, which their methodology was accepted, were selected and meta‑analysis
was performed on them. The research instrument was a meta‑analysis checklist. Results: The
effect size for the effectiveness of psychological‑educational interventions on improving the
academic performance of students with mathematics disorder (0.57), impaired writing (0.50)
and dyslexia (0.55) were reported. Conclusions: The result of meta‑analysis showed that
according to Cohen’s table, the effect size is above average, and it can be said that educational
and psychological interventions improve the academic performance of students with learning
disabilities.

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