The Effectiveness Strategy of Teaching and Learning Visual, Audio, Kinesthetic and Tactile (VAKT) in Reading and Memorizing Verses 1-3 of Surah al-Fatihah for Student with Autism

Abstract

VAKT teaching and learning strategy is a strategy used to improve the achievement of students with autism in reading and memorizing the first of 3 verses in Surah al-Fatihah. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify the effectiveness of VAKT teaching strategies in improving the achievement of students with learning difficulties in reading and memorizing verses 1-3 of Surah al-Fatihah. This quasi-experimental study was conducted on four students with autism at the Quran Education Centre. The study also used a checklist as a research instrument to obtain research data. Data collected over 6 weeks in pre -test and post -test will be recorded in a simple checklist. The results of this study show that there is an improvement in the achievement of two students with autism A and B in terms of reading verses 1-3 excellently without the help of teachers and can memorizing verses 1-3 through the assessment of verses and kalimah composers in black correctly without the help of verses and kalimah as a guide. Furthermore, two of students with autism showed different achievements, namely students C and D were able to read with the help of the teacher to mention the first of verses 1-3 of Surah al-Fatihah. While the achievement of memorizing student’s C and D can achieve the verses only where were student C can match coloured verses with example of verses and student D can compose verses 1-3 coloured sentences without example verses.