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Using a Computerized Program to Improve Working Memory in Intermediate School Students

Swanger, Misty Maxine
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1382988276

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2013, Doctor of Education, Ashland University, College of Education.
Working memory provides the important function of remembering and being able to process information. A child with low working memory may demonstrate deficits in academic achievement. A pragmatic interpretivist research approach asked if working memory and general intelligence could be improved for students. The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to determine whether the computerized program Jungle Memory® could improve working memory for intermediate grade students. The study followed the Baddeley and Hitch theoretical framework of working memory. Data were collected from pre and post assessments in working memory and general ability. Verbal working memory and general ability did not increase after the intervention using the Jungle Memory® brain training program. Visuo-spatial working memory did increase with a medium effect size (d=.51). Pretests showed verbal working memory had a positive correlation with general ability (r=.455, p<.01). Posttests showed visuo-spatial working memory positively correlated with general ability (r=.624, p<.01). Verbal working memory and visuo-spatial working memory did not correlate, substantiating the Baddeley and Hitch framework of working memory mediated by the phonological loop and visuo-spatial sketchpad. The study did not substantiate an improvement in working memory for students with deficits in working memory ability.
Carla Edlefson, PhD (Committee Chair)
Paul Milton, PhD (Committee Member)
Jane Piirto, PhD (Committee Member)
140 p.
Education; Educational Psychology
Working memory, education, brain-training, Jungle Memory

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  • Swanger, M. M. (2013). Using a Computerized Program to Improve Working Memory in Intermediate School Students [Doctoral dissertation, Ashland University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1382988276

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Swanger, Misty. Using a Computerized Program to Improve Working Memory in Intermediate School Students . 2013. Ashland University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1382988276.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Swanger, Misty. "Using a Computerized Program to Improve Working Memory in Intermediate School Students ." Doctoral dissertation, Ashland University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1382988276

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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