The Effectiveness of 5E Educational Design model on Creativity and Social Participation of Mentally Retarded Children in Virtual Social Networks

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of Learning through Virtual Social Networks Based on the 5E Instructional Design Model on the Creativity and Social Participation of Mentally Retarded Children in the Experimental Sciences. Method: The research method was experimental and the experimental design was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest and control group.  The statistical population of the study consisted of all mentally retarded students of Karaj who were 225 students and by using random sampling  34 individuals (17 control group and 17 experimental group) were selected as statistical sample. The data collection tools was  Torrance Creativity Questionnaire (1992) and Yazdanpanah Social Participation Questionnaire (2007) That reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha (0.70) and (0.92), respectively. Data were analyzed using independent t-test and Paired-Samples T Test.  Results: The results showed that using E5 based on E5 educational design Model  increased creativity and social participation of mentally retarded children in experimental science (P <0.05). Conclusion:  Using the E5 educational design Model  that is tailored to the needs of the mentally retarded  children  can impact their creativity and active participation in virtual social networks.