A Metacognitive Visuospatial Working Memory Training for Children

Autor/inn/en	Caviola, Sara; Mammarella, Irene C.; Cornoldi, Cesare; Lucangeli, Daniela
Titel	A Metacognitive Visuospatial Working Memory Training for Children
Quelle	In: International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2 (2009) 1, S.122-136 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1307-9298
Schlagwörter	Metacognition; Visual Perception; Spatial Ability; Short Term Memory; Children; Elementary School Students; Grade 4; Training; Comparative Analysis; Recall (Psychology); Verbal Ability; Control Groups; Experimental Groups; Questionnaires; Pretests Posttests; Teacher Surveys; Rating Scales; Socioeconomic Status; Program Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Child; Kind; Kinder; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Ausbildung; Abberufung; Mündliche Leistung; Fragebogen; Rating-Skala; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status
Abstract	The paper studies whether visuospatial working memory (VSWM) and, specifically, recall of sequential-spatial information, can be improved by metacognitive training. Twenty-two fourth-grade children were involved in seven sessions of sequential-spatial memory training, while twenty-four children attended lessons given by their teacher. The posttraining evaluation demonstrated a specific improvement of performances in the Corsi blocks task, considered a sequential-spatial working memory task. However, no benefits of training were observed in either a verbal working memory task or a simultaneous-spatial working memory task. The results have important theoretical implications, in the study of VSWM components, and educational implications, in catering for children with specific VSWM impairments. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education. T&K Akademic Rosendalsvein 45, Oslo 1166, Norway. e-mail: iejee@iejee.com; Web site: http://www.iejee.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01