A Cluster-Randomised, Controlled Trial of the Impact of Cogmed Working Memory Training on Both Academic Performance and Regulation of Social, Emotional and Behavioural Challenges

Autor/inn/en	Hitchcock, Caitlin; Westwell, Martin S.
Titel	A Cluster-Randomised, Controlled Trial of the Impact of Cogmed Working Memory Training on Both Academic Performance and Regulation of Social, Emotional and Behavioural Challenges
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 58 (2017) 2, S.140-150 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hitchcock, Caitlin)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9630
DOI	10.1111/jcpp.12638
Schlagwörter	Randomized Controlled Trials; Short Term Memory; Academic Achievement; Elementary School Students; Emotional Problems; Social Problems; Behavior Problems; Training + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Schulleistung; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Ausbildung
Abstract	Background: We explored whether school-based Cogmed Working Memory Training (CWMT) may optimise both academic and psychological outcomes at school. Training of executive control skills may form a novel approach to enhancing processes that predict academic achievement, such as task-related attention, and thereby academic performance, but also has the potential to improve the regulation of emotion, social problems and behavioural difficulties. Methods: Primary school children (Mean age = 12 years, N = 148) were cluster-randomised to complete active CWMT, a nonadaptive/placebo version of CWMT, or no training. Results: No evidence was found for training effects on task-related attention when performing academic tasks, or performance on reading comprehension and mathematics tasks, or teacher-reported social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. Conclusions: CWMT did not improve control of attention in the classroom, or regulation of social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01