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Working Memory Training for Older Participants: A Control Group Training Regimen and Initial Intellectual Functioning Assessment
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Personal conceptions of intelligence affect outcome in a multimedia reading training program.

Annamaria Pepi1, Marianna Alesi, Gaetano Rappo

  • 1Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università di Palermo. ape@unipa.it

Perceptual and Motor Skills
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Children with an incremental theory of intelligence showed greater reading-decoding improvements after training. This highlights the importance of considering motivational factors, like intelligence beliefs, in educational interventions for reading deficits.

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Working Memory Training for Older Participants: A Control Group Training Regimen and Initial Intellectual Functioning Assessment
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Working Memory Training for Older Participants: A Control Group Training Regimen and Initial Intellectual Functioning Assessment

Published on: September 20, 2020

Area of Science:

  • Educational Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology

Background:

  • Personal conceptions of intelligence significantly impact overcoming reading deficits.
  • Previous research indicated a link between intelligence beliefs and reading ability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess reading-decoding improvements in children with reading problems after training.
  • To compare outcomes based on children's intelligence conceptions (incremental vs. entity).

Main Methods:

  • A multimedia test assessed motivational factors including intelligence conceptions, achievement goals, and attributions.
  • Twenty 3rd-grade children with reading-decoding problems participated in multimedia training.
  • Pre- and post-training evaluations measured reading-decoding skills.

Main Results:

  • Children with an incremental theory of intelligence demonstrated significantly greater improvements in reading-decoding post-training.
  • The study supported the hypothesis that an incremental view of intelligence benefits reading intervention outcomes.

Conclusions:

  • Motivational factors, specifically incremental intelligence theories, play a crucial role in the effectiveness of reading interventions.
  • Future research should explore tailored treatment programs addressing both specific deficits and motivational beliefs, despite the small sample size.