Comparison of the Effectiveness of Working Memory Training on Educational Self-regulation in Female Students of State High Schools

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of working memory training on academic self-regulation in female high school students.

The statistical population of this study included all second-grade secondary school students in district 5 of Tehran in the academic year of 96-97. To collect data, the self-directed questionnaire of Kanle & Royan (1987) was used. This research was a semi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test design with control group. A sample of 30 people who were lower in the dependent variable and willing to participate in the training sessions were selected randomly and divided into two experimental groups and one control group (each group was 15). Within a week of pre-test run for both groups, the experimental group was subjected to an independent variable of work memory training (20 sessions of a half-hour, three sessions per week) and the control group did not receive any training.

In this study, the variance of multiple, single variable and multiple variable variables was used to analyze the differences between the groups, taking into account intra-group (test) and intergroup (group membership). The results showed that working memory training increased self-regulation in students.

Work memory training also increases academic well-being, self-regulation and academic achievement motivation in students.