Number Counting among Students with Mild Intellectual Disability in Penang: A Case Study

This study examined number counting among students with mild intellectual disability. This study also investigates their skills as well as the difficulty they are facing on number counting. This is a quantitative research and had involved thirty participants as respondents. All respondents were selected through purposive sampling technique. Results of this study showed that students with mild intellectual disability have understanding of number counting using counting instructional models. Results of this study also showed that female students with mild intellectual disability have the higher mean scores compared to male students on number counting using n+1>n rule counting instructional model. On the other hand, male students with mild intellectual disability have higher mean score achievement on number counting using enumeration instructional model than female. It is shown from the result of the study that there is no significant difference in the skills of n + 1 > n rule counting instructional model among male and female students with mild intellectual disability. Also there is no significant difference among male and female in the skills of enumeration counting instructional model.