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Working Memory Training With and Without Strategy Instruction

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Intervention Details

Subject

English Language Arts

Academic Program

Early Childhood

Duration

10 consecutive school days, 35 minutes per day

Grade

1

Personnel

N/A

Intervention Summary

Working Memory Training With and Without Strategy Instruction

Statistical Finding Summary

Positive effect on verbal working memory

Positive effect on passage listening comprehension

Positive effect on retelling ability

Source

Douglas, F. & Peng, P. (2017). A Randomized Control Trial of Working Memory Training with and without Strategy Instruction: Effects on Young Children's Working Memory and Comprehension (EJ1122419). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1122419.pdf.

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