The effect of working memory updating training on the Chinese writing ability of primary school students

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to explore the effects of working memory updating training on primary school students' writing ability and performance. METHODS: A total of 46 fourth-grade Chinese primary school students were recruited; their performance in the Chinese character N-back training task...

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Autores principales: Gao, Jiacheng, Li, Guangxin, Yang, Zimo, Li, Fengjuan, Wang, Tian, Wen, Suxia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Psychology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10242120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37287774
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1163132
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author Gao, Jiacheng
Li, Guangxin
Yang, Zimo
Li, Fengjuan
Wang, Tian
Wen, Suxia
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Li, Guangxin
Yang, Zimo
Li, Fengjuan
Wang, Tian
Wen, Suxia
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description OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to explore the effects of working memory updating training on primary school students' writing ability and performance. METHODS: A total of 46 fourth-grade Chinese primary school students were recruited; their performance in the Chinese character N-back training task, the Writing Ability Questionnaire, and a time-limited writing task was assessed. RESULTS: The paired-sample t-test revealed that working memory updating training significantly improved the experimental group's working memory level. After training, a repeated measures ANOVA revealed that the experimental group's performance on the Writing Ability Questionnaire improved and was higher than that of the control group. In the time-limited writing task, independent-sample t-tests revealed that the experimental group's writing fluency increased and was higher than that of the control group, while the latter's grammatical accuracy and complexity decreased and were lower than those of the former. CONCLUSION: Working memory updating training can be used as auxiliary cognitive training to improve primary school students' working memory level, thereby promoting their writing development.
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spelling pubmed-102421202023-06-07 The effect of working memory updating training on the Chinese writing ability of primary school students Gao, Jiacheng Li, Guangxin Yang, Zimo Li, Fengjuan Wang, Tian Wen, Suxia Front Psychol Psychology OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to explore the effects of working memory updating training on primary school students' writing ability and performance. METHODS: A total of 46 fourth-grade Chinese primary school students were recruited; their performance in the Chinese character N-back training task, the Writing Ability Questionnaire, and a time-limited writing task was assessed. RESULTS: The paired-sample t-test revealed that working memory updating training significantly improved the experimental group's working memory level. After training, a repeated measures ANOVA revealed that the experimental group's performance on the Writing Ability Questionnaire improved and was higher than that of the control group. In the time-limited writing task, independent-sample t-tests revealed that the experimental group's writing fluency increased and was higher than that of the control group, while the latter's grammatical accuracy and complexity decreased and were lower than those of the former. CONCLUSION: Working memory updating training can be used as auxiliary cognitive training to improve primary school students' working memory level, thereby promoting their writing development. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10242120/ /pubmed/37287774 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1163132 Text en Copyright © 2023 Gao, Li, Yang, Li, Wang and Wen. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Gao, Jiacheng
Li, Guangxin
Yang, Zimo
Li, Fengjuan
Wang, Tian
Wen, Suxia
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title_short The effect of working memory updating training on the Chinese writing ability of primary school students
title_sort effect of working memory updating training on the chinese writing ability of primary school students
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10242120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37287774
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1163132
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