A preliminary investigation on improving preschoolers’ language and mathematical abilities via a working memory training program.
The current study is aimed at exploring the effectiveness of a short working memory training programme, as well as examining the association of working memory and school readiness in Singaporean preschoolers. Five year olds (N = 17) were tested with one executive function measure and two school r...
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| Format: | Final Year Project |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48892 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | The current study is aimed at exploring the effectiveness of a short working memory training
programme, as well as examining the association of working memory and school readiness in Singaporean preschoolers. Five year olds (N = 17) were tested with one executive function measure and two school readiness measures, measuring working memory, prereading and premathematical skills. The preschoolers joined the current study’s short two-session working memory training programme as well. Although non-parametric tests showed that preschoolers’ working memory and school readiness scores did not improve after the training programme; consistent with past research, results showed positive and moderate bivariate correlations between working memory and the two measures of school readiness.
Keywords: working memory, school readiness, preschoolers, training programme |
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