The Effectiveness of Mental Imagery Strategy in developing imaginative thinking and Visual memory among Integrated hearing-impaired children in Matrouh

The current research aimed to identify the effectiveness of the mental visualization strategy in developing imaginative thinking and visual memory among hearing-impaired students integrated into general education schools. The basic research sample consisted of (5) hearing-impaired children integrated into general education schools in Matrouh Governorate, The research tools were: the imaginative thinking scale (prepared by the researchers), the visual memory scale (prepared by the researchers), and a program based on the mental visualization strategy (prepared by the researchers). Appropriate statistical methods were used, and the results showed the following: the presence of statistically significant differences at the level of significance. (0.01) between the average ranks of the scores of the children in the experimental and control groups after applying the program in the total score of the imaginative thinking scale for the integrated hearing-impaired children and all dimensions of the scale in favor of the experimental group, which means that the scores of the children of the experimental group improved after they were exposed to the program sessions. There are statistically significant differences at the level of Significance (0.01) between the average ranks of the scores of the children in the experimental group before and after implementing the program in the total score of the imaginative thinking scale and the visual memory scale of the integrated hearing-impaired children and all dimensions of the scale in favor of the post-measurement, which means that the scores of the children of the experimental group improved after being exposed to the program sessions. There is no Statistically significant differences between the average ranks of the scores of the children in the experimental group in the post and follow-up measurements in the total score of the imaginative thinking scale and visual memory among the combined hearing-impaired children and all dimensions of the scale, which means continued improvement in the children of the experimental group until the follow-up period.