工作记忆与中小学生学业成绩关系的Meta分析

目的:运用Meta分析的方法探讨工作记忆与中小学生学业成绩的关系。方法:通过检索和筛选文献,共纳入17篇文献,使用Review Manage 5.3软件进行统计分析。结果:实验组和对照组在语文言语记忆、语文视觉记忆、语文执行功能、数学言语记忆、数学视觉记忆、和数学执行功能差异均显著(Z=10.52,5.42,7.04,10.80,5.76,5.95;P0.001),语文言语记忆和数学言语记忆的效应值均最大,分别为-0.87和-1.00。结论:工作记忆广度的差异和中小学生学业成绩关系显著。

The Relationship between Working Memory and the Academic Performance of Primary and Middle School Students：A Meta-Analysis

Objective:To explore the relationship between working memory and academic performance of primary and middle school students by meta-analysis .Methods :After searching the data base ,17 references were analyzed by Review Manage 5 3. .Results:The differences between experimental group and control group of Chinese verbal memo-ry(Z= 10 5.2 ,P<0 0.01) ,Chinese visual memory(Z= 5 4.2 ,P<0 0.01) ,Chinese execute function(Z= 7 0.4 ,P<0 0.01) ,math verbal memory(Z= 10 8.0 ,P<0 0.01) ,math visual memory(Z= 5 7.6 ,P<0 0.01) ,and math execute function(Z= 5 9.5 ,P<0 0.01)were significant .Moreover ,the effect size of verbal working memory in both Chinese and math were the largest ,-0 8.7 and-1 0.0 respectively .Conclusion:There is a relationship between working memory span and the academic performance of primary and middle school students .